Wyclef Jean's life saved by music

Singer Wyclef Jean said he owes his life to music as it provided him with a retreat in scary situations growing up in Haiti. Reportedly, the 'Gone Till November' singer - who moved from his native

Haiti

to Brooklyn, New York, when he was 13 - said his favourite songs gave him a refuge.


"Music can save your life. Literally. When I first started to play music it saved my life. When you're in these communities as a teenager, music gave me a refuge."

"I was finding myself through poetry, through sounds and that distracted me from being on the block. At times when a shooting was going on, I missed it by 15 minutes because I'd decided to practise this Jimi Hendrix solo," he said.