Latest Wyclef Jean Quotes from Interviews

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• Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.

  Wyclef Jean

  Brother, Men, My Brother

  Source: djbooth.net

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Men, Talking, People

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  People, Mind, Revolution

  Source: djbooth.net

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Dad, Sunday, Thinking

  Source: djbooth.net

• Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.

  Wyclef Jean

  Community, Listening, World

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Hip Hop, Done, Hips

  Source: djbooth.net

• The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.

  Wyclef Jean

  Mean, Warrior, Reality

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Long, Way, Accomplished

  Source: djbooth.net

• I always look outside.

  Wyclef Jean

  Looks

  Source: djbooth.net

• It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?

  Wyclef Jean

  Light, Darkness, Important

  Source: djbooth.net

• No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.

  Wyclef Jean

  Matter, No Matter What, Stills

  Source: djbooth.net

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Female, Might, Vibes

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Inspired, Written

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Kids, Being True, Facade

  Source: djbooth.net

• The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.

  Wyclef Jean

  Men, Honor, Legacy

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Dad, Ghetto, Church

  Source: djbooth.net

• What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.

  Wyclef Jean

  The End Of The Day, Dirt, Return

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Rap, Battle, Groceries

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Boxes, Rings, Angry

  Source: djbooth.net

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Rapper, People, Battle

  Source: djbooth.net

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Girl, Knowing, Mixing

  "We Played Two Truths and a Lie With Wyclef Jean and The Knocks". Interview with Ezra Marcus, livenation.vice.com. January 22, 2016.

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Dad, Kids, Church

  "We Played Two Truths And A Lie With Wyclef Jean And The Knocks". Interview with Ezra Marcus, livenation.vice.com. January 22, 2016.

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  People, Giving, Want

  Source: livenation.vice.com

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

  Wyclef Jean

  Self, Expression, People

  "We Played Two Truths And A Lie With Wyclef Jean And The Knocks". Interview with Ezra Marcus, livenation.vice.com. January 22, 2016.

• 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.

  Wyclef Jean

  Pulse, Generations, Labels

  "We Played Two Truths and a Lie With Wyclef Jean and The Knocks". Interview with Ezra Marcus, livenation.vice.com. January 22, 2016.