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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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" Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "