Rick Rubin on the power of creating something truly for yourself
A short interview/monologue (YouTube) in which the speaker—reflective in tone—argues that creation should be for oneself, not for an imagined audience. The speaker says their primary goal is to make something they personally like and can keep working on until they do; they explicitly state 'the audience comes last' and claim that making art for oneself ultimately serves the audience better than trying to please others.
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