Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!

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?

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

What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.

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

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.