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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.

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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
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Music
Surrounds
Stillness
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Noise
Art

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Quit taking, start giving.
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