Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, producer and author. The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons had a net-worth estimate of $340 million in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 October 1957
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
prayer yoga missing
I don't miss my prayers and I don't miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
girl yoga hot
Coming out of my first yoga class, I was astonished that there were nothing but hot girls there. Just 55 girls, Bobby Shriver, who's a buddy of mine, and myself. I came out of class, I was so high. I been sober 26 years, but I'm an ex-druggie.
yoga book
I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed.
yoga meditation missing
I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.
running yoga different
Running all my different companies has turned out to be a lot easier because I mediate twice a day and go to yoga every day.
yoga reality mind
When the mind is totally still, there's only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, "Oh my God! I'm clear! I love this!"
expression lasting signal
It's not a signal to the end of hip-hop. We know it will be a lasting fixture. And it should be. All over the world hip-hop is expression of young people's struggles, their frustrations and opinions.
beautiful says
Everyone says I'm so much more beautiful in person,
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The mindset of poverty is something that has to be overcome. I don't believe that those people who are living in this struggle -- I'm not saying what Bill Cosby is saying, for instance. I'm saying that it's our job to continue to give back.
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What Rev Run represents is a special reality. We need inspiration, and his reality is an inspiration. If you're a father, and you see him raise his family, you'll learn how to raise your family.
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To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.
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I don't spend any time thinking about my place in history, ever. If people say I changed things, it's nice, and I take it - but if I could give it to a charity it would be useful. I really believe now that my only job in life is to achieve a state of comfort and happiness.
global grind might otherwise people
The reason that I have Global Grind is to communicate ideas to people who might otherwise not be listening.
I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful.