Jimmy Iovine Quotes
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There's a sea of music out there, but there's no curation for it.
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Everything Dre and I do is completely on feel. We don't prepare for anything... we only work on instinct.
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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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You can't just stick someone's name on a headphone that doesn't know anything about sound.
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I just kept making social mistakes in my career.
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'Magic' is a word that's too often misused in the record industry.
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The good news is in the record business, they only count your successes.
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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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Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music.
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I never say someone is powerful.
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Life is a balance of fear and overcoming 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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If you're looking for a quick hit, that means you're looking for something disposable.
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I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.
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People need service - great service where music is concerned.
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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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I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having.
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It's hard to say if something is worth the wait, because how the hell do any of us know?
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The world is evolving.
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We created Apple Music to make finding the right music easier for everyone - men and women, young and old.
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The sound of my voice is more famous than me.
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My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me.
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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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To get people to pay for something that you built, it has to be of service. It has to make somebody's life better.