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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.

- Wyclef Jean

Like, Cotton, Slaves, Rhyming

I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to.

- Wyclef Jean

Voice, End Of The Day, Like, Hippie

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

England, Country, Haiti, Jean

'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.

- Wyclef Jean

Destiny, Winning, Through, Jean

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.

- Wyclef Jean

Give, Individual, Made, Peer Pressure

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

Love, Sometimes, Putting, Expressions

You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.

- Wyclef Jean

Island, Modern, Harry, Swagger

Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.

- Wyclef Jean

Unite, I Think, Arrested, Protesting

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

- Wyclef Jean

Every Day, Against, Like, Grain

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.

- Wyclef Jean

Country, Will, Some, Legislation

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

- Wyclef Jean

Today, Hip-Hop

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

- Wyclef Jean

Artist, Bob, Piece, Hip-Hop

As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick.

- Wyclef Jean

Want, Always, Makes, Tick

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.

- Wyclef Jean

Thought, Groove, Best Way, Human Mind

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

Uncle, Voodoo, Minister, Daddy

I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.

- Wyclef Jean

Want, Haiti, Like, Multicultural

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.

- Wyclef Jean

Roof, Prefer, Hut, Shoot

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.

- Wyclef Jean

Suits, I Think, Wear, Fitted

I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

- Wyclef Jean

Negative, Projects, Turned, Ghetto

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

- Wyclef Jean

Life Is Short, Disciplined, Good Time

I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time.

- Wyclef Jean

Love, Smiling, Always, Good Time

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

My Life, Voodoo, Priest, Close

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

- Wyclef Jean

Love, Peace And Love, Break, Universal

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

- Wyclef Jean

Love, Important, Became, Successful People

What I learned from people like Carlos Santana is that you cannot get too happy after working for five years in the industry. It takes years and years, and I learned to keep a straight head and keep on working harder and harder.

- Wyclef Jean

Years And Years, Learned, Harder

When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.

- Wyclef Jean

Politics, Song, Want, Enter

I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.

- Wyclef Jean

Comfortable, Give, Most, Give Me

With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in the future hope to continue doing.

- Wyclef Jean

Proud, Doing, Haiti, The First Thing

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

- Wyclef Jean

Love, Been, Very, Young Age

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

Through, Period, Minister, Theology

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