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An inspiration engine for ideas
Refine it to the point where it is stripped bare, in its least decorative form yet still intact.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
You know the phrase “fuck-you money”? Radiohead will one day have “fuck-you” credibility.
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When you’re managing the tour of an independent band
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Change the Stakes
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Less is generally more.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being

We are all participating in a larger creative act we are not conducting.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
We may not have a great understanding of what this magnum opus is because we only see the small part we play.