Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Wyclef Jean - Page 2

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' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.

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

Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?

Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

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.

My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.

I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.

I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.

Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.

The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.

In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.

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

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

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.

When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

I've never really [written] something that was inspired.

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

I always look outside.

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.

My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.

If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.

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

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

I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.

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.

Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot.

It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.

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

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.

Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.

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.

I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.

No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.

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.

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

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

I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.

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

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.

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

The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.

The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.

I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.

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

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

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

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