Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

Russell Simmons
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
Russell Simmons

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to be a part of anything that's not inspiring or helpful to the community that I'm serving.

Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons

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, I'm not a business guy. I'm a creative guy.