Wyclef Jean

I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.

— Wyclef Jean

I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.

— Wyclef Jean

With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in…

— Wyclef Jean

When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song. Pras did not affect me because, in…

— Wyclef Jean

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot…

— Wyclef Jean

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

— Wyclef Jean

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

— Wyclef Jean

It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin'…

— Wyclef Jean

'Masquerade' is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny's Child,…

— Wyclef Jean

Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at…

— Wyclef Jean

On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking…

— Wyclef Jean

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of…

— Wyclef Jean

When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin'…

— Wyclef Jean

I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the…

— Wyclef Jean

No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me…

— Wyclef Jean

My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school,…

— Wyclef Jean

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

— Wyclef Jean

The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your…

— Wyclef Jean

My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.

— Wyclef Jean

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

— Wyclef Jean

Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that's why I like my mom…

— Wyclef Jean

A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

— Wyclef Jean

When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better…

— Wyclef Jean

That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face.…

— Wyclef Jean

You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something.…

— Wyclef Jean

The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and…

— Wyclef Jean

I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay…

— Wyclef Jean