Quote

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

Russell Simmons

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Record Producer
Television Producer
Writer
Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
Separate
Gender
Religious
Ideas
Kind

More quotes by Russell Simmons

Image
It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.
Russell Simmons
Image
What I would do to change this planet is have everyone meditate and look inside. Then we'd have a happier, more service-oriented, less-needy world.
Russell Simmons
Image
One positive thought can change your whole day.
Russell Simmons
Image
Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
Russell Simmons
Image
When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
Russell Simmons
Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
Russell Simmons
Image
I'm a full disclosure kind of person.
Russell Simmons
Image
If you talk about the prison-industrial complex, I've fought against the prison-industrial complex when I called for a repeal of the Rockefeller drug laws. The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you're talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you're always coming up against lobbyists.
Russell Simmons
Image
My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that it's a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, Aaaahhh, and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
Russell Simmons
Image
It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.
Russell Simmons
Image
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
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 music industry itself.
Russell Simmons
Image
I'm lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
Russell Simmons
Image
You don't expect a 94-year-old white guy to pick Dope, which was an awesome movie not even close to being considered by the Academy. And that's what it's all about, like, promoting people who might not otherwise get promoted and celebrating people who might not get celebrated.
Russell Simmons
Image
In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it... Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.
Russell Simmons
Image
I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.
Russell Simmons
Image
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
Russell Simmons
Image
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 you are.
Russell Simmons
Image
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing there is.
Russell Simmons
Image
Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that's been missing.
Russell Simmons