There are no failures, only quitters.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThere are no failures, only quitters.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
RUSSELL SIMMONSMistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThey’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
RUSSELL SIMMONSGratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThat was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
RUSSELL SIMMONSCulture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
RUSSELL SIMMONSMoney doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou have to be present, awake and happy now.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
RUSSELL SIMMONSNowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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