Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
RUSSELL SIMMONSHollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWell, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
RUSSELL SIMMONSPoverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
RUSSELL SIMMONSMy experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
RUSSELL SIMMONSGangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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