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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There’s no sense crying over what can’t be changed” “that’s what people cry over, things they can’t change”
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The funny thing is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of forget there's a lot of people watching. It makes it easier to be in the moment and to tell a story as well as possible.
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The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.
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The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
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The secret is to moisturize the face. I've been doing that since I was 17 years old. (on looking young)
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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.
