List of Rick Rubin Quotes

I Played More Of An Advisory Role With Public Enemy. I Really Trusted Them To Make The Music That They Wanted To Make, And The Way The Bomb Squad Worked With The... They Created Their Whole Own World Of Music.

In Between 15 And 20 - Probably At Around 17 - My Interests Switched From Hard Rock To Punk Rock. And Then By 20 They Were Circling Out Of Punk Rock Back Into Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The Stuff That I Didnt Get To When I Was Younger.

I've Gotten To Work With Amazing People. I Would Say Usually We Get To A Point Before We Get Into The Studio Where There Isn't That Sense Of Anxiety Or Nervousness Of Who They Are Because I Don't Think It Would Be As Productive In The Studio If That Was The Case. But Maybe Meeting Someone Like Neil Young For The First Time Made Me Anxious.

Well I Listened To Mostly Rock Music, And I Felt Like Hip Hop Was Like An Extension Of Rock Music When It Was Done Well. So Energetically, Again I Felt Like It Was In Line With Punk Rock And Maybe Hard Rock, More Than It Was In Line With R&b, Which I Never Really Liked.

It's Cool That You Found Somebody That You Trust.

I Guess Edgy Things Tend To Get My Attention.

I Was Very Lucky. My Neck Hurt And I Went To My Doctor, Who Was Kind Of Hip, And He Said It Was Stress-caused And That I Needed To Learn How To Meditate. So I Learned How To Do Transcendental Meditation.

Everything I Do, Whether It's Producing Or Signing An Artist, Always Starts With The Songs. When I'm Listening, I'm Looking For A Balance That You Could See In Anything. Whether It's A Great Painting Or A Building Or A Sunset.

I Never Had The Feeling I Ever Had To Make A Dime Doing Anything.

I'm Just Trying To Make My Favorite Music. That's How I Work; I Just Do Things Based On The Way They Feel To Me. I Want To Be Touched By The Music I'm Making. Luckily, Other People Have Shared That Response To My Work Over The Years.

I Really Like The Challenge Of Working With Different Kinds Of Music. I Feel Like My Role Is Really Like A Coach, So I Feel Like I Can Do My Job For Different Kinds Of Music That May Not Necessarily Be What I Listen To.

For Me, The Beatles Are Proof Of The Existence Of God.