[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 SimmonsYou can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
Russell SimmonsI am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
Russell SimmonsThe pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success.
Russell Simmons