Rick Rubin

I'll talk about it.

But if it's not interfering with their work, that's their business.

Well, I saw the Chili Peppers go from a band that were...

very dysfunctional on a lot of drugs, which I didn't really know.

I just knew that when I met them, the feeling in the room was one I didn't want to be around.

And then I met them years later and they had gotten clean.

And I felt like it was a different group of people.

And then we ended up making

uh blood sugar sex magic which ended up being a very successful album for them and then i produced most of their albums since when they were clean and you know that's interesting do you think that people overall make better work as artists when they are clear-minded without substances i think over the long term that's probably the case but there are many great artists who use uh something like marijuana as a

Some people have told me that they can hear music in a different way.

Again, I haven't experienced it, so I can't say, but some people have told me that they hear music in a different way when they smoke and they can access their creativity.

So I think you have to do your own testing.

I think it's true to your experience.

So if you're feeling anger and sadness,

a sad, angry song will probably be good.

And if you're feeling love and peace, then you're in the right frequency to create that kind of song.

You can also, sometimes if you're in a real pain, you can write a yearning song for love that can be very deep.

But one of the things about when you're in pain, you tap into...

You tap into things to, you're looking for, you're not satisfied in your condition.

So you're yearning for change.