Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe 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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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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I 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.
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Nowadays, 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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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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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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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 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.
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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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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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