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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 Simmons

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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Expression Running
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Benefits Favor Trying
Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Enough Moving People
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
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Events People
The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Inspiration Seconds Sunset
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Issues Long Police
Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happen Make Money
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Cigarette Smoking
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Meditation Noise Tools
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Saying Thinking
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Cat Children Dog
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Pain Rap Rock
I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Keys People Thinking

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.

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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.

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