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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Masquerade' is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny's Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going on inside me. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My parents were Christian. "

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

" When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "