Rick Rubin

I think it's being concerned what other people think and a feeling of that 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.

And I started my first record company not knowing

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.