Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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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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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.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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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.
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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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Those who need nothing attract everything.
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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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