Wyclef Jean Quotes

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.
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.
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.
As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick.
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.
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.
Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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 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.
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60.
I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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.
I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to.
I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.
'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.
«first‹previous123next›last»
Total Records : 50

Related Books

Author Profile

Votes :
Rating :
AuthorName
Wyclef Jean
Profession
Musician
BirthDate
17 October, 1972
View Profile

Share to your friends..

Related Author

A Boogie wit da Hoodie A. J. McLean Aaliyah Aaron Carter Aaron Diehl Aaron Neville Abbey Lincoln Abigail Washburn Ace Frehley Ace Young Action Bronson Adam Duritz Adam Jones Adam Lambert Adam Levine Adam Schlesinger Adam Yauch Adrian Belew Adrian Younge Adrienne Bailon
view more

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive