When I was 11 years old, I started playing guitar.

I think it’s cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it’s funny. But it’s true; I used to try to get...

My dad didn’t want to hear that you was going into the studio-you came back late at night and he didn’t understand that, that theory didn’t exist in his mind.

I’m the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today.

That’s this new kid Governor, he sounds just like Marvin Gaye. And he’s like only 23. We have another kid, Prolific.

I know country people who have The Carnival.

We’re fortunate enough to work with everybody when they’re just getting started.

I do music for the love of it, and I’ve been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

When I think about the biggest studios in New York, they’re owned by people that are not musicians or artists, and artists come in and spend their money there, and they’d rather do that, as...

I’m going to do an all-guitar album because I’ve been playing since I was 13. My Caribbean style mixed with my rock style. I want to do a musicians’ album-just the guitar talking with different...

We’re living in the modern age now. I call it the Year of the Matrix. Back in the day, you had these mixed-tape circuits where if you wanted to get (unreleased) music to your fans,...

You know, I’m a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

You all know I can play the guitar, you all know I can sing, but what you all forgot is these are all the beats that I come from.

The last rocker out of Jersey was Bon Jovi, right? You haven’t seen some new young blood.

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

You never really know how you come to the earth, it’s really a mystery, and when you leave, it’s sort of a mystery too-but somehow, whoever you’re a part of, you have a natural connection...

When you’re in the studio at a young age, you’re not aware that there’s a union where you can hire musicians. So you have all of this equipment and you just learn how to play...

You be in a club with these girls and they’re looking at you, giving you play, but you don’t want no play, because you realize the next week Jay-Z comes into town and it’s the...

I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60.

What Sammy Sosa has done for the Dominican Republic, that’s what I think I can do for Haiti.

I led a double lifestyle-in the house, I was one way, and out the house, I was another way. Man, the whole house raised hell, then I got kicked out.

I think the greatest thing about America is the American dream.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that’s why I like my mom – she cool.

I’m 27 years old. I’m going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I’ll be breaking a lot of rules. It’s going to be hot.

Right now I’ve got to do something with Carlos Santana, getting ready to come out with Jerry Wonder’s group City High.

‘Masquerade’ is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny’s Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going...

I sequenced the album like a radio station. Around midday, you’ll hear more of the commercial hip-hop stuff. When the nighttime comes, you’ll hear more of the depth of the records, when the beat stops...

Our music is more rebel music. We do music for society, for humanity, to help and to heal.

We got the Platinum Sound formula.