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Rick Rubin Biography

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (/ˈruːbɪn/; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings. With the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Run–D.M.C., Rubin helped popularize hip hop music.

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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.

Challenge, Challenges, Different, Jobs, Kinds, Like

It's cool that you found somebody that you trust.

Cool, Found, Somebody, Trust

I guess edgy things tend to get my attention.

Attention, Edginess, Edgy, Tend, Things

I never had the feeling I ever had to make a dime doing anything.

Dime, Dimes, Feeling, Feelings, Make, Music Business

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.

Done, Extension, Hip Hop, Maybe, Punk, Rocks

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.

Doctor, Doctors, Hurt, Kind, Meditation, Stress

The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of the planet, the more our art can benefit from that relationship.

Art, Creativity, Harmony, Nature, Power, Relationship

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.

Black, Rocks, Stuff, Switched, Zeppelins

I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation.

Achievement, Artist, Goal, Hip, Work

People are willing to get short-term gains at the risk of long-term choices.

Choices, Gains, Long, People, Willing

Everything happens kind of the way it's supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you can't control it. Looking back, you can't say, "I should've. . . " You didn't, and had you, the outcome would have been different.

Different, Everything, Outcomes, Unfold, Watches

There’s a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.

Across, Amount, Information, Point, Power, Tremendous

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.

Based, Favorite, People, Response, Trying, Years