Rick Rubin Quotes
I never made beats to make beats; I only made them when there was a record to make them for. That's one of the things that has changed in hip-hop that's made me like it less. It feels much more like it's a producer-driven medium, where there are all these tracks that are completely interchangeable.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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I just write mechanical things.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
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I just feel so lucky that I'm able to do things that are enriching for me.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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I think we're always intrigued by things we're not familiar with.
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When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.
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I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.
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I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.
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I love to watch low-budget indie artsy films, but I do also love the big blockbuster things. I would love to do that one day, do a Marvel film. That would be really great.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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The worst thing a girl could do on a date is fart louder than me.
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Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
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Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need.
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If you want to - if you want to engage in conspiracy theories that the White House and the vice president intended no one to ever know - like "The New York Times" - we would have been kept in the dark forever. I just think that's completely irrational.
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On some level nature can take care of itself, but it's not the nature we necessarily want to surround ourselves with.
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I never made beats to make beats; I only made them when there was a record to make them for. That's one of the things that has changed in hip-hop that's made me like it less. It feels much more like it's a producer-driven medium, where there are all these tracks that are completely interchangeable.
