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How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
- ▶ 45:27 David Senra Inception is very fascinating, because then he talks about what you do when you get unstuck, and this is gonna remind me of Rick Rubin. 3 times in the scene
The Simple Genius of Jony Ive
- ▶ 10:00 David Senra Before we jump back into the story, I want to tell you about ramp and how ramp relates to a conversation I recently had with Rick Rubin. 3 times in the scene
How Roger Federer Works.
- ▶ 43:31 David Senra And then this part reminds me of this idea that's in Rick Rubin's book.
Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
- ▶ 57:13 David Senra I remember reading Rick Rubin's book, uh, like two weeks ago, and he was talking about one of the most famous musicians that he was working with, somebody that's been touring the world and delighting tens of thousands of fans for decades,…
Excellent Advice For Living: 79 Maxims from a Wise Old Man
- ▶ 4:16 David Senra I think it was Rick Rubin in one of the books that I read on him where he said you should practice gratitude like a daily prayer. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:47 David Senra The next piece of advice is very, again, Rick Rubin-esque.
How Rick Rubin Works
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra I just made an episode about Rick Rubin's ideas on creativity and how to do great work over and over again for a long period of time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:38 David Senra And now, here is the life story of Rick Rubin.
- ▶ 1:45 David Senra There's no greater enigma than Rick Rubin working in record production today. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:57 David Senra This idea of Da Vinci, if Leonardo Da Vinci was able to speak to Rick Rubin, and say, and repeat his, one of his most famous quotes, which is, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, I think Rick would have smiled and nodded his head. 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:32 David Senra So back to the book, this is where Rick describes, like, what, like, what exactly do you bring to, like, you're a producer, but he's not a technical producer. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:45 David Senra Rick Rubin was 20. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:44 David Senra Ruben's most valuable quality is his own confidence. 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:01 David Senra So then we're going to get into his early life. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:52 David Senra At the beginning of every section, there's like these quotes, this advice from Rick Rubin, this is the first one. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:28 David Senra So this is going to be Rick Rubin's co-founder. 15 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:20 David Senra And Rick Rubin plays Rick Rubin in the movie. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:59 David Senra One of the biggest hits that Rick Rubin's gonna have in this point of his career, like a mainstream hit. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:43 David Senra so maybe I'll just give you, like, a stream of consciousness of, of Rick Rubin's ideas, and then we'll jump back into the book. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:37 David Senra So he says, the amateur mind possesses a valuable lack of knowledge about rules. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:44 David Senra Feeling that Chuck D was the next greatest artist, Ruben had to convince Chuck D of all that. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:03:12 David Senra So one of the most successful albums that Rick ever produced was the Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magic. 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:07:20 David Senra So one thing I really admire about studying Rick Rubin was that he doesn't rest on his laurels. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:12:12 David Senra And so Rick Rubin talks about the importance of selecting the people that you work with. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:16 David Senra They were made by Rick Rubin and I, the guitarist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, that guy F I just told you about. 16 times in the scene
The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin
- ▶ 1:02 David Senra Now Rick Rubin comments on this passage. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:14 David Senra That was an excerpt from the book I'm going to talk to you about today, which is The Creative Act, A Way of Being, and it was written by Rick Rubin. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:18 David Senra He has a very interesting 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:53 David Senra So he says, faith allows you to trust the direction without needing to understand it. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:42 David Senra Rick Rubin and this book, he wants to help other people make great things and then give those great things to the world. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:24 David Senra Now, one of the ideas that Rick Rubin repeats that resonates deeply with me is investing a lot of patience and time into the work, sitting with it longer. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:56 David Senra So of course, me being the giant nerd that I am, I go over to the bookshelf and Rick Rubin's book was on that bookshelf. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:47 David Senra And so in the next chapter called make it up, I think Rick Rubin has some really great advice on again, going, we're trying to do things for really high level at a really high level for a really long time. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:07 David Senra So I want to go back into Rick Rubin's idea about submerging yourself into the great works.
- ▶ 27:10 David Senra So in the section on collaboration, Rick Rubin makes a great 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:42 David Senra And I actually think Rick Rubin's podcast, Tetragrammaton is great. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:07 David Senra Rick Rubin is saying, just as an infant is selfish, they're protective of their art in a way, the great artists of history, that is, they're protective of their art in a way that's not always cooperative. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:50 David Senra And then something I haven't touched on yet, but I should because it's central to Rick Rubin. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:20 David Senra And then this next part really speaks to, I feel, a fundamental lesson from studying Rick Rubin, being comfortable with ambiguity, being comfortable with uncertainty, and the importance of refining and then following your intuition. 6 times in the scene
Jimmy Iovine: Founder of Interscope Records & Legendary Record Producer
- ▶ 8:41 David Senra The interview that Jimmy Iveen did with Rick Rubin a few years ago was the best podcast single podcast episode I heard all year.
Dinner With Michael Ovitz
- ▶ 22:33 David Senra The close friend that me and Ovid share, Rick, Ovid's told me that he's fiercely loyal to him because he says Rick tells him the truth, that he is direct and truthful. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Christopher Nolan
- ▶ 38:58 David Senra Michael Jordan, Sidney Harmon, Rick Rubin, Andy Beal, Harry Snyder, James Cameron, Felix Dennis, Claude Shannon, and Mark Twain.
The Biography of Jimi Hendrix
- ▶ 38:06 David Senra You know, who knows what, what, um, that, that experience is like, and so that's why you see, uh, Rick Rubin talked about this a lot, where, um, you know, he's worked with, um, a ton of artists and musicians for decade after decade, and… 2 times in the scene
Paul Graham's Essays Part II
- ▶ 12:18 David Senra That line reminded me, um, of something Rick Rubin said back on episode two, two 45 of Founders, and he says, less is more, but you have to do more to get less, and there's many examples when Rick is working with some of the best musicians… 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Kobe Bryant
- ▶ 27:27 David Senra This made me think about when I did the biography of Rick Rubin on episode two 45, Rick Rubin missed picking up his Grammy because he was working. 2 times in the scene
Henry Ford's Autobiography
- ▶ 44:08 David Senra It's episode 2:45. 2 times in the scene