Ideas come through the artist rather than from the artist, revealing a mystical process where artists experience a grand vision beyond their control. Artist Elizabeth Gilbert recounts the story of poet Ruth Stone, who described feeling poems coming at her like thunderous trains of air over the landscape. Stone would run to capture these poems on paper, sometimes succeeding and other times missing them, showing a unique and captivating creative process.
Exploring Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights of American music over the past few decades. From Run-DMC to Jay-Z to Adele, the record producer joins to talk about his legendary career making classic songs with the best musicians in the world.