Jimmy Iovine Quotes
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Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.
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I'm good at snap decisions. But if you let me, I will chew something to death.
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I'm happy with studio infiltration, but I'm thrilled when I see 12- to 20-year olds walking down the street with Beats and not two-dollar earbuds.
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Music industry's a fragmented mess.
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There was a time when, for anybody between the ages of 15 and 25, music was one, two and three.
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Bruce Springsteen gave people faith in rock & roll and in themselves again.
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I'm not going to be the guy who sold the last CD.
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I've always known in my heart that Beats belonged with Apple.
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I always knew that women, some women, at times find it very difficult to find music.
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You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.
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You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.
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You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'
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I always wanted to be where the cool was because I didn't think I was cool. But music was cool.
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To go on the road and listen to people sing a cappella - thousands of them - I couldn't do that.
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I make my world chaotic. It's like a whirlpool.
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What's happened to the music industry, from my perspective, is a lot of great music is behind the wall that can't get through, and therefore, a lot of artists are getting discouraged.
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I didn't have any sophistication. I didn't really have any great taste or anything like that. I was just a kid from Brooklyn. But what I learnt is the why, the how. The work ethic.
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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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The record industry needs a company like HTC to bring music to the phone.
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I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.
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I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.
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There's just no way to stop a movement in popular culture. It's going to happen, with or without you. There's absolutely no way to stop that train.
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The media people need to have real tech people, and the tech people need media people. Otherwise, you have the 'Star Wars' bar on Tatooine with everyone fighting.
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When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone.