Quotes from Russell Simmons

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

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

I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that's true. But I'm a vegan for compassionate reasons.

You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual.

People are murdering each other without any recourse... So we need to get in our communities and work from the inside out.

I can't pay my [bills]. I can't go to work. My car is out of gas.

One positive thought can change your whole day.

In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.

Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.

There are no failures, only quitters.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.