201 Quotes by Wyclef Jean

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?