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" Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. "
Wyclef Jean
Universal
Peace
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" I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to. "
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" 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? "
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" When I was 11 years old, I started playing guitar. "
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" When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song. Pras did not affect me because, in the realm of politics, he has never stood up for anything. "
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" 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. "
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" You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island. "
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" I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little. "
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" That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool. "
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" With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in the future hope to continue doing. "
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" I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual. "
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" What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music. "
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Genre
" I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing. "
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Just
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Never
" I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge. "
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Out
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Day
" 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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Good
Life
" I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60. "
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" My parents were Christian. "
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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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" I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11. "
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Love
" I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive. "
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Ghetto
" Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks. "
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" As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick. "
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" I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it! "
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" I don't have to be president to do great things for my country, but at the same time, to get legislation and policy passed, you have to be in some kind of office. So I don't know what the future will lead to. "
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" I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people. "
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" 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. "
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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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Money
Sunshine
" I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work. "
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