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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.

Russell Simmons

I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Bigs Gay Thinking
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Knows Persons Weakness
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Needs People
The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Heartbeat Poetry Soundtracks
I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Disclosure Kind Persons
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Expectations Giver Trying
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
I 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 SIMMONS

People Self Thinking
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Art Form Noise Stillness
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Cigarette Smoking
I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Communities People Suffering
The 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 SIMMONS

Community Hard Reflection Work
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Calling Complaining Media
I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Hollywood White
Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hands Movement Rights
Culture 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 SIMMONS

Ballet Country People Suffering

I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.

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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.

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