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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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