[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
RUSSELL SIMMONSMusic is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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I don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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