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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

Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dream Perceive Realize
I don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Brain Creative Use
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
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Calling Complaining Media
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?
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Canditate Giving More Process
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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Black Hollywood White
Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Enough Moving People
I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Country President Support
I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Creative Focus People
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Needs People
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Clouds Labels Vision
I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Answers Lucky Platform
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Opening Opportunity World
The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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Beach Hbo Years
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Knows Persons Weakness
The artists are now big brands.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artists Bigs Brands

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.

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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.

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