Russell Simmons

I'm a full disclosure kind of person.

— Russell Simmons

Actresses are kind of a little crazy.

— Russell Simmons

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

— Russell Simmons

I don't eat anything that runs away from me.

— Russell Simmons

Not every move you make has to be a great leap

— Russell Simmons

Meditation helps everything.

— Russell Simmons

Good givers are great getters.

— Russell Simmons

You've got to tell God thank you every day.

— Russell Simmons

Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.

— Russell Simmons

Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.

— Russell Simmons

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

— Russell Simmons

Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.

— Russell Simmons

That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life.

— Russell Simmons

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.

— Russell Simmons

When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you

— Russell Simmons

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

— Russell Simmons

“Our bodies are designed to remain in balance, and when they go out of balance, a natural mechanism has been interfered with.”…

— Russell Simmons

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I…

— Russell Simmons

Running all my different companies has turned out to be a lot easier because I mediate twice a day and go to…

— Russell Simmons

There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.

— Russell Simmons

Cruelty is cruelty, whether it's cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.

— Russell Simmons

I'm always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.

— Russell Simmons

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and…

— Russell Simmons

The always-connected culture isn't as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own…

— Russell Simmons

In the morning I stand up, scratch a little bit, then I light a candle and I meditate. Every morning. I've been…

— Russell Simmons

I don't fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good…

— 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…

— Russell Simmons

When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change…

— Russell Simmons

The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's…

— Russell Simmons

Coming out of my first yoga class, I was astonished that there were nothing but hot girls there. Just 55 girls, Bobby…

— Russell Simmons

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture,…

— Russell Simmons

I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than…

— Russell Simmons

...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true…

— Russell Simmons

I mean people are sexist and racist and homophobic and violent. But I don't think of the rappers as being any more…

— Russell Simmons

“The beautiful thing about meditation is that it allows you to access that cool guy or girl inside of you that's waiting…

— Russell Simmons

I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a…

— Russell Simmons

Most artists are making as much money now as they could have made... in the heyday of Def Jam [when the] Beastie…

— Russell Simmons

The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of…

— Russell Simmons

I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said,…

— Russell Simmons

“True happiness lies in being compassionate and appreciating the world and our circumstances, rather than being coldhearted and greedy. We often realize…

— Russell Simmons