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I always look outside.
My parents were Christian.
I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
As a producer, I always want to know what makes the kids tick.
My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.
I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
I'm like a hippie. At the end of the day, that's what my voice caters to.
You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.
What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.
Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.
I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.
Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.