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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.

Russell Simmons

I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Radio Records Way
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Smarter Surround Yourself
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Kids Running Want
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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People Trying Voice
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 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
Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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Goal Ultimate Ultimate Goal
The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Heartbeat Poetry Soundtracks
I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Missing Prayer Yoga
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Development Life Self Want
Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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Chasing Realizing Running
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Diversity Oscars Thinking
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Broken Color Justice
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
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 SIMMONS

Artist Creative Culture
You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happiness Happy Inspirational

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