Rick Rubin Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.
-
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
-
As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli.
-
I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.
-
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
-
Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
-
Planning a garden, park, building, or city shouldn't be done in an office.
-
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
-
Everything I make starts very personally.
-
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
-
Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
-
When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to be a bandleader from watching that band work.
-
My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist.
-
When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.
-
We practically own everything in the Philippines.
-
I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.
-
A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend to keep it pretty simple and open-ended. I like the idea of people listening to my album and it meaning something to me but maybe meaning something else to them.
-
One of the reasons I've been able to be productive is that I want to do everything.
-
I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.
-
Building a rainy-day fund during good times may not be politically popular, but it can pay off during the bad times.
-
I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.
-
The music that I wrote and recorded is music that I really enjoy listening to. It's just dumb luck that a lot of other people do, too.
-
As an artist, I think you always have to take care of yourself as a person probably even more than the average person because your body is so important to your art.
-
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.
