Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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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.
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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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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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When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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