The best artists tend to be the ones with the most sensitive antennae to draw in the energy resonating at a particular moment. Many great artists fir… - Rick Rubin

Many great artists first develop sensitive antennae not to create art but to protect themselves. They have to protect themselves because everything hurts more. They feel everything more deeply.

This doesn’t just apply if your goal is to make art of lasting significance. Even if your goal is to make fast food, it will likely taste better if you experience the best fresh food available to you during the process. Level up your taste.

Sometimes the most valuable touch a collaborator can have is no touch at all.

There is no more valid metric to predict what someone else might enjoy than us liking it ourselves.