Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
Russell SimmonsUnconscious behavior is at the core. Think of the 40 billion animals we abuse and eat who are born into suffering. It's a karmic disaster.
Russell SimmonsSitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.
Russell SimmonsBeing materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.
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