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" 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. "

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" You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people. "

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" 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. "

" Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question. "

" The book 'Do You!' is about your inner voice. And when you connect to that voice then you - then the freedom comes. And we're only here to be happy. So happy makes money. Money doesn't make happy. "

" Actresses are kind of a little crazy. "

" You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world. "

" Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate. "

" I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical. "

" 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

Today

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" Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people. "

" I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain. "

" When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do. "

" I'm a big supporter of President Obama. "

" 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. "

" My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this. "

" I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others. "

" If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That's why legislation and regulations are necessary. "

" 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. "

" Service is the key to everything in life. "

" 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. "

" The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug. "

" Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce. "

" If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive good. "

" I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens. "

" I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. "

" People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most. "

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

" I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other. "

" People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists. "

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