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Wyclef Jean quotes: When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

Wyclef Jean quotes: When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

Wyclef Jean quotes: A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

Wyclef Jean quotes: The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.

The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.

I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that's why I like my mom - she cool.

Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that's why I like my mom - she cool.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.

I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.

Wyclef Jean quotes: When I was 11 years old, I started playing guitar.

When I was 11 years old, I started playing guitar.

Wyclef Jean quotes: People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.

People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.

I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60.

I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.

Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!

I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!

Wyclef Jean quotes: I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.

I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.

Wyclef Jean quotes: My parents were Christian.

My parents were Christian.

Wyclef Jean quotes: The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.

The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

Wyclef Jean quotes: For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.

For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

Wyclef Jean quotes: 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.

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.

Wyclef Jean quotes: At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.

At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today.

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to.

I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to.

Wyclef Jean quotes: When I'm rhyming it's all in my head ... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.

When I'm rhyming it's all in my head ... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.

Wyclef Jean quotes: When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.

When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.

I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.

Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

Wyclef Jean quotes: My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it.

My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.

Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.

Wyclef Jean quotes: The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.

The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!

I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!

Wyclef Jean quotes: You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.

You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.

I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.

Wyclef Jean quotes: There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.

I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.

Wyclef Jean quotes: It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

Wyclef Jean quotes: If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.

I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.

Wyclef Jean quotes: What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.

What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.

Wyclef Jean quotes: My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

Wyclef Jean quotes: Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?

Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?

Wyclef Jean quotes: As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick.

As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

Wyclef Jean quotes: I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.

I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.

Wyclef Jean quotes: All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.

Wyclef Jean quotes: My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.

My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.