Wyclef Jean Quotes - Page 4

It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.

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

My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.

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

For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.

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

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