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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.