I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThere are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Good givers are great getters.
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I 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.”
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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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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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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.
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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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