The 2002 song Johnny Cash wanted to be his final message: “That was great”
Reaching the end of the line.
Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin’s single favourite song of the 21st century: “They perfected it!”
“This sound represents my time in New York.”
The 1994 album Johnny Cash called “the worst, evil side of me”
“It’s got everything in it that I feel…”
The musician Rick Rubin was most proud to work with: “He’s a record-making craftsman”
The balance of song and texture.
Rick Rubin on the impact of LCD Soundsystem: “James Murphy was a punk rocker”
A different kind of musical heartbeat.
The Velvet Underground predicted the doomed future of music marketing in 1969
A poetic plague was a-coming.
Why Rick Rubin could never click with Mick Jagger: “A tug of war”
Seeing the songs from different perspectives.
