Jimmy Iovine Quotes

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Jimmy Iovine

Profession : Producer

Birth : March 11, 1953

I couldn't make a headphone look like a piece of medical equipment or a toy, as most headphones do.

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My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.

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I didn't feel comfortable as an executive. I felt comfortable around artists and record producers... and then I found my niche: I gotta find great producers, and I produce them.

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People need service - great service where music is concerned.

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If you get 100 million streams on a song and you're only being paid on 20 percent, the check's not going to look good. The money's not going to look fair.

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Artists have to be represented properly and paid properly.

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You go into any recording studio in the world, and you see candles, lights, and that Apple light from a Mac.

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My relationships are helped because of all the success I've had, but I'm only as useful as the idea I have today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm just a trophy.

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I feel open to anything.

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If you are not frightened, you are not original.

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You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.

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A chart that weighs some ad-supported streams the same as a pay stream... encourages artists to promote free tiers to have a No. 1 record. That's great for the tech companies, but not for artists.

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All I've ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture.

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If you tell a kid, 'You've got to pick music or Instagram,' they're not picking music.

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Just because you like something, that doesn't mean that you have a feel for it.

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In the entertainment business, everybody is desperately insecure, and the guys in Silicon Valley seem to be slightly overconfident.

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Talent is talent.

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I'm trying to help Apple Music be an overall movement in popular culture, everything from unsigned bands to video.

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A music service needs to be more than a bunch of songs and a few playlists.

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Apple Music is trying to create an entire pop culture experience that includes audio and video. If South Park walks into my office, I'm not going to say, 'You're not musicians.' We're going to do whatever hits pop culture smack on the nose.

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