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

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.

I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.

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

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

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.