Pharrell says the saga “hurt my feelings, because I would never take anything from anyone. It really set me back.” He admits there was a shared “feeling” between his track and Gaye’s, but that’s as far as it went. To that Rubin adds, “A feeling is not something you can copyright.”
Source: Rick Rubin on Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines” Lawsuit: “A Feeling Is Not Something You Can Copyright”