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
yoga book
I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed.
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.
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 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!"
yoga meditation missing
I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.
moments disappear jokes
At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.
cherish community deserves generation good humanity influence lives love movement people respect support time together universal
The commemoration deserves the respect and support of all people of good will who cherish the universal love of humanity, ... The time has come for the Hip-Hop community and all of us to come together and participate in a movement which will have a fundamental influence on the lives of this generation and generations to come.
humanity hurtful consciousness
At the core of everything that is hurtful to humanity is a lack of consciousness.
technology focus trying
Sometimes, a new toy, a new technology, will focus you. The world is always trying to draw you out, so you always have to remember to go in.
term stillness
Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.
offensive
I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.
kind
I'm a full disclosure kind of person.
expectations trying make-me-happy
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I'm a good giver without expectations.
anxiety difficult concern
When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.