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 SIMMONSI really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
-
-
The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
Meditation helps everything.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
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 -
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
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 -
No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
RUSSELL SIMMONS