Rick Rubin

I think it's being concerned what other people think and a feeling of the people who make great things are somehow special and that they're not special. And that's just not true. We're all, everyone has the capability to make great things and none of us are special.

I think it's being concerned what other people think and a feeling of the people who make great things are somehow special and that they're not special. And that's just not true. We're all, everyone has the capability to make great things and none of us are special.

I think taking action is a really great thing and not, not setting up barriers of entry. Like, um, I can imagine a musician saying, I can't play this song because I don't have the right guitar or I don't have the right equipment to do it. And there are no barriers to entry. There's always a way. I come from a punk rock background. So in punk rock, it was a do-it-yourself mentality.

I think taking action is a really great thing and not, not setting up barriers of entry. Like, um, I can imagine a musician saying, I can't play this song because I don't have the right guitar or I don't have the right equipment to do it. And there are no barriers to entry. There's always a way. I come from a punk rock background. So in punk rock, it was a do-it-yourself mentality.

And, you know, I started my first record company not knowing that was something you can do. It just really happened automatically. I wanted to start making records. I wanted people to hear them. I never knew that you could get signed to a label. I just thought, well, if you want to make a record, you make a record.

And, you know, I started my first record company not knowing that was something you can do. It just really happened automatically. I wanted to start making records. I wanted people to hear them. I never knew that you could get signed to a label. I just thought, well, if you want to make a record, you make a record.

So I made records and, you know, print up 500 copies of a seven-inch single, for example. So I think there's always a way. You don't have to wait for permission from someone else. I think that's a big part. People are waiting for permission. To actually make their art. To make their art.

So I made records and, you know, print up 500 copies of a seven-inch single, for example. So I think there's always a way. You don't have to wait for permission from someone else. I think that's a big part. People are waiting for permission. To actually make their art. To make their art.

Someone has to say, you know, I'll hire you to do this or I'll publish your book if you write a book or set the stage to allow you to do it. But I don't think that's the way great things are made.

Someone has to say, you know, I'll hire you to do this or I'll publish your book if you write a book or set the stage to allow you to do it. But I don't think that's the way great things are made.

Combination of giving them away for free and selling enough to be able to make another one. That was always, any of the things I've made, it's always been about sustainability. As long as I can make another one, it's a success.

Combination of giving them away for free and selling enough to be able to make another one. That was always, any of the things I've made, it's always been about sustainability. As long as I can make another one, it's a success.

I still think in those terms that I want. I feel like I want to make it where it's sustainable by itself. There's something that feels good about that, that you make something that can live on not because of an endowment. Yeah, that's interesting. I don't know why. I don't know why that is.

I still think in those terms that I want. I feel like I want to make it where it's sustainable by itself. There's something that feels good about that, that you make something that can live on not because of an endowment. Yeah, that's interesting. I don't know why. I don't know why that is.

I would say thinking is the least part of it. It's much more about feeling and being true to themselves, whatever that is. Feeling their truths.

I would say thinking is the least part of it. It's much more about feeling and being true to themselves, whatever that is. Feeling their truths.

It's just a feeling. It's a feeling.

It's just a feeling. It's a feeling.

It starts with a feeling. The analysis comes in later to try to understand either the feeling, if there's a reason. Like if I'm just feeling something, I can experience it and be fine. If we have to act on the feeling, then it's like, okay, this feels like this. Is there a way to figure out why? Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't.

It starts with a feeling. The analysis comes in later to try to understand either the feeling, if there's a reason. Like if I'm just feeling something, I can experience it and be fine. If we have to act on the feeling, then it's like, okay, this feels like this. Is there a way to figure out why? Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't.