Russell Simmons

I like to move towards a place where my greatest experience is promoting happiness for others. I know that that creates a…

— Russell Simmons

Most people believe that results matter. The idea that results matter is one that you have to keep letting go of. And…

— Russell Simmons

Imagine if you have a million views on a show and they say it's a hit on some cable networks. I could…

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it…

— Russell Simmons

86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars…

— Russell Simmons

Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.

— Russell Simmons

What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, their lack of Faith in themselves.

— Russell Simmons

Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help…

— Russell Simmons

Nowadays, if you're a great artist, you don't have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You're closer to…

— Russell Simmons

I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at…

— Russell Simmons

I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it,…

— Russell Simmons

You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've…

— Russell Simmons

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in…

— Russell Simmons

I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in…

— Russell Simmons

I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had…

— Russell Simmons

In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick…

— Russell Simmons

I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.

— Russell Simmons

The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and…

— Russell Simmons

They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.

— Russell Simmons

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a…

— Russell Simmons

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God…

— Russell Simmons

And the more people meditate, the more it increases the positive vibrations turning the planet into a positive, happy place. The more…

— Russell Simmons

My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day…

— Russell Simmons

What I would do to change this planet is have everyone meditate and look inside. Then we'd have a happier, more service-oriented,…

— Russell Simmons

“When we become more aware of how powerfully our choices in diet and lifestyle affect us—for better and for worse—then we can…

— Russell Simmons

No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say…

— Russell Simmons

I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.

— Russell Simmons

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have…

— Russell Simmons

There is no religious or any kind of a gender that should separate you from any religious ideas.

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one…

— Russell Simmons

A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable…

— Russell Simmons

If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive good.

— Russell Simmons

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their…

— Russell Simmons

I don't eat any animals or anything that has to do with animals. No fish or egg or dairy because I personally…

— Russell Simmons

Long-distance relationships are to say the least difficult. For me & Melissa a few weeks ago...We agreed impossible.

— Russell Simmons

Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you…

— Russell Simmons

Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing…

— Russell Simmons

You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.

— Russell Simmons

I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty…

— Russell Simmons

To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full…

— Russell Simmons