My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
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I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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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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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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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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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.
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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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There 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.
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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.
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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