Wyclef Jean Quotes - Page 2

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Hip Hop, Today, Hips

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• I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.

  Wyclef Jean

  Long, Way, Accomplished

  Fuente: djbooth.net

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• What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.

  Wyclef Jean

  Rapper, People, Battle

  Fuente: djbooth.net

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• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Rap, Expression, Together

  "Citizen Schools Students Interview Wyclef Jean". The BoomBox interview, theboombox.com. December 16, 2010.

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• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Eye, Grandfather, Spirituality

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• Viví en los proyectos y en el gueto, y convertí lo negativo en positivo.

  Wyclef Jean

  Ghetto, Negative, Projects

  "Interview: Wyclef Jean two wrong lyric". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.

  Wyclef Jean

  Father, School, One Day

  "Singer-songwriter-activist Wyclef Jean". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. September 25, 2012.

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• Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.

  Wyclef Jean

  Father, War, School

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Needs, World, Violence

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• Decidí hacer lo que hago cuando tenía 2 años. A los dos años oí el sonido de un tambor en el pueblo, encontré mi propio tambor, lo cogí y empecé a tocar la peor canción jamás escrita por Wyclef Jean.

  Wyclef Jean

  Song, Years, Sound

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Kids, Littles, Little Kid

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• 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

  Wyclef Jean

  Nice, Inspiration, People

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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?

  Wyclef Jean

  Country, Mean, Haiti

  “Wyclef Jean: 'Fans are calling me the new Dylan'” by Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2010.

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Generations, Embrace

  Interview with Ben Clymer, www.askmen.com.

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• Wyclef es un músico que intentó unir al mayor número posible de músicos a la vez. Yo estoy intentando conseguirlo. El mayor reto es que me acaban de detener por protestar en New York por el recorte de los presupuestos escolares... Y creo que es importante levantarse. Las escuelas son importantes.

  Wyclef Jean

  School, Cutting, Successful

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• Mi padre estaba en el barrio, era pastor, y siempre ponía iglesias en el gueto.

  Wyclef Jean

  Dad, Ghetto, Church

  Fuente: djbooth.net

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• What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.

  Wyclef Jean

  Crazy, Feet, People

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Rap, Trying, Break

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• On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.

  Wyclef Jean

  Dad, Sunday, Thinking

  Fuente: djbooth.net

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• 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

  Family, Father, Mama

  Song: New Day

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• 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

  Uncles, Daddy, Grandfather

  "Q&A: Wyclef Jean on Bill Clinton and Haiti's New Revolution". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. July 8, 2010.

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• You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.

  Wyclef Jean

  Female, Might, Vibes

  Fuente: djbooth.net

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• Soy práctico en todo, siempre intento llegar a la gente de verdad.

  Wyclef Jean

  Real, Hands, Always Trying

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• Vivía en una choza sin techo e iba a la escuela en burro. Cazaba pájaros con un tirachinas para cocinar la cena. Ahora prefiero comer en KFC.

  Wyclef Jean

  School, Kfc, Bird

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Thinking, Different, Charity

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