“From the beginning, all I’ve ever cared about is things being great. I never cared about when they were done. Because I also feel like I want the music to last forever. And once you release it, you can’t go back and fix it, so you really have to get it right. And that takes time.” A chat with Rick Rubin. You may not know the name, but you definitely know the music (and you’ll probably never forget the beard).

+ From Grantland, here’s look at music and the heartland and the 80s and now: Huey Lewis’s Old, Weird America.