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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

I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Answers Lucky Platform
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

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

Bigs Gay Thinking
Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happy Make Money
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Able People Thinking
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

Believe English Men Speak
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Poor Rich White
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Knows Persons Weakness
My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Running Texas
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Break Career Stars Through
I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Cooper Education Fun Girl Kids University
No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedication Hard Long Work
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Giving Happiness Keys
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Needs People
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Culture Hollywood Missing
I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Better Feel Healthy Looks

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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