Culture Quote by Russell Simmons Download Open image “I think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest.” — Russell Simmons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture Footprint Honest Made Rap Stable Thinking
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the… — K'naan Copy Share Image
Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There may be… — Hal David Copy Share Image
Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so we can… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved. — Master P Copy Share Image
We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane! — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture. — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I've never been massive on rap, but there's that whole kind of culture of U.K. rap. — MNEK Copy Share Image
Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box. — Tyler, The Creator Copy Share Image
I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
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