The Best Rick Rubin Quotes from Huberman

If you missed it, Rick Rubin (a renowned record producer) discussed the creative process and how to access creativity on the Huberman Lab Podcast. A 3 hour interview but definitely worth the listen this week as he covers the following topics:

• The role of feelings as guideposts
• Balancing self-doubt and anxiety
• Adopting new perspectives to channel the creative process
• Using deadlines and eliminating distractions
• How our experiences and emotions influence the creative process

3 of the Best Quotes from Rick

1 — Personal taste & other’s opinions:

“I am doing me, and I am showing you who I am, and you can like it or not but either way, this is still how I see it.”

2 — Developing your voice:

“Understanding how you feel in the face of other voices, without second guessing yourself, is probably the single most important thing to practice as an artist. Or a skill set to develop as an artist is to know how you feel, and own your feelings. And the key to that is it’s not ‘I know, so I know what’s right for you.’ It doesn’t work that way. It’s just I know for me, and the reason I choose to be an artist is to demonstrate this is how I see it. If I’m undermining my taste for some commercial idea, it defeats the whole purpose of doing this.”

3 — On Self-doubt:

“It can either be really helpful or it can undermine you. So it’s something we all have. And if we let it undermine us, then we don’t make anything and that’s not good. But when used as a balancing tool in our lives, it serves a great function… You can doubt your way to a great masterpiece. Sometimes that questioning allows you to push further than just accepting ‘I made it so it’s good.’”

Watch or listen to the full interview — YouTube | Apple | Spotify

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