Rick Rubin

And don't let following your dreams undermine your ability to support yourself.

it could actually do the opposite if you decide

I wanna be a comedian and I'm putting all my eggs in the comedian basket and I'm gonna be a comedian, the pressure of having to support yourself will change you as a comedian, not for the better.

You want the stability of being able to take care of yourself in the world to be free to do whatever your passion is, whatever it is.

I think there's a mythology that the people who make things that we love are special people.

And that we think that they're, you know, the people on Mount Olympus, and they're these magic people who are geniuses.

And then there's the rest of us.

And that's not the case.

It's like, we're all just people.

We're all doing our best.

We all are good at some things, not good at other things.

We're humans.

And sometimes we find a way to make something beautiful.

And the call came, how do you feel?

You have the number one album in the country.

And I remember saying, I've never been more unhappy in my life.

And I think we mistakenly think some kind of outward success is going to change something in us, and it does not.

It may make life more comfortable, but it doesn't change who we are.

And any hole in ourselves that we're hoping to fill does not get filled.

And if...