424 Quotes by Russell Simmons

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

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.

I know some people say "Keep your eyes on the prize," but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path.

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.

You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state.

I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too. Some Latino poets who barely speak English and Asian poets who can't believe how discriminated against they are. It was luck nad being in the right place. I wasn't saying nothing somebody else wasn't saying but they wouldn't hear it from them.

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

I look for people who have insight in places where I don't.

I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.