I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
RUSSELL SIMMONSLabels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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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Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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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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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.
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Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success.
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