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

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.

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

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 was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

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

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