There's a great tradition in doing this. I mean, if pretty much the best of everything was based on something else, always. And then it's through the new interpretations, like the Beatles were doing American Motown music. But because they were English and because of the distance, they weren't trying to do it different. They did it different because they were different. The Ramones think that they're... Well, they had that song SA to you are, D-A-Y, not SA toYou are. Yes, that's right. Yeah, they take it and they twist it in this brilliant, beautiful revolutionary way.
In which Malcolm reunites with his colleague, friend and fellow host of Broken Record (not to mention a music icon in his own right), Rick Rubin.
This month Rick released his first book, called "The Creative Act: A Way Of Being." In it he shares practical principles on how anyone can generate creative authenticity and ultimately find their voice.
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