Russell Simmons Quotes - Page 9

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

Donald Trump's not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.

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.

Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.

I'm a full disclosure kind of person.

I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

I don't want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

I'm lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.

86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I don't think it's any different now.

Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

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.

Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

I'm still moving around.We're building a platform to put a song out every week for 52 weeks called ADD52.

Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.

Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.

I can't get my medicine.

It's always marketeers building their own careers.

People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.

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.

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.