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

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

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

The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.

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.

I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that