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Rick Rubin says he began making music with no experience, which helped him because he did not know which rules he was breaking.
“I had the advantage early in my career of starting making music without any experience, which was helpful because I didn't know what rules I was breaking”
Rick Rubin says the first time he remembers feeling a surge of creative energy was hearing the Beatles at around age three or four.
“probably, you know, hearing the Beatles when I was three or four years old.”
Rick Rubin mentions The Beatles Anthology as an eight-part series that is out of print.
“an eight part series called The Beatles Anthology, which is out of print”
Rick Rubin says hip hop was a tiny underground scene when the Beastie Boys were making Licensed to Ill.
“when we were making licensed to ill, hip hop music was a tiny underground thing”
Rick Rubin says the wrestler George 'The Animal' Steele was a professor in real life.
“was a professor, but he played George Animal Steel as a wrestler.”
Rick Rubin says a beach in Hawaii where he walked daily looked entirely different after he returned from six months away.
“walked on the beach every day for a year, however long it was, and then I left for six months and then I came back.”
Rick Rubin says watching professional wrestling before bed helps him sleep well.
“I know that if I watch wrestling before I go to sleep, it's gonna be a good night's sleep.”
Rick Rubin says he usually falls asleep listening to a lecture or other speech so he does not get caught in his own thoughts.
“I usually fall asleep listening to a lecture or, uh, something speaking, because that if I'm, if I don't, I can get caught in my own thoughts.”
Rick Rubin says he starts his day by getting into sunlight for about an hour, followed by a long beach walk.
“I usually wake up and try to get in the sun as soon as I possibly can and hope to spend, hope to spend about an hour.”
Rick Rubin describes the first of four phases of creative work as seed collecting, with the others being experimentation, crafting and completion.
“the 1st phase is this seed collecting phase, which is kind of an ongoing part of life in general”
Rick Rubin says a deadline is acceptable once a project reaches its completion phase, though earlier phases should be open-ended.
“I've come to realize that by the time you're going into the completion phase, you can have a deadline and it won't hurt the project.”
Rick Rubin says the Grateful Dead are a band whose studio albums are weaker than their live recordings.
“the Grateful Dead's a good example of a band where I feel like their albums are not their strong point”
Rick Rubin says the Grateful Dead supported fans recording and trading tapes of their concerts.
“which they, um, supported, they supported that. Everybody come, everybody tape, everybody, you know, trade tapes.”
Rick Rubin says he was vegan for 22 years before he began eating animal protein.
“was vegan for a long time, 22 years, and then I started eating, um, I started eating animal protein”
Rick Rubin says he learned meditation at age 14, starting with Transcendental Meditation, which he has practiced more than any other form.
“I learned when I was 14 and I. I started with TM, and that's probably the the meditation that I've done the most in my life.”
Rick Rubin says he used the Monroe Institute's 'surgical series' audio recordings when he had surgery.
“something called the um, the surgical series from the Monroe Institute, which I used when I had a surgery”