Jimmy Iovine Quotes
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You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.
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If I were going to teach a course, it would be called Don't Breathe Your Own Exhaust.
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People need service - great service where music is concerned.
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I don't know why records are treated different than books. I don't know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.
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Those folks at Death Row were the Rolling Stones of their time.
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It's one thing for the industry to lose half its revenue to piracy; it's another to destroy it emotionally.
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I said if a woman sings an aggressive guy's lyric, it can't miss.
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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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Apple is a company that understands music.
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I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great.
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You're only as good as your weakest link in the ecosystem of sound, of audio.
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We at Interscope put projects out with anyone we believe has a great idea and is a true talent, whether it's a musician, photographer, software developer, or technology innovator.
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My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me.
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Every system I have in my house or my car, they're all tuned exactly the same.
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I am blessed with the energy of a chimpanzee. There is nothing I can't get up for and give it a hundred percent.
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Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.
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Just because you like something, that doesn't mean that you have a feel for it.
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I follow cool. When I went up to see Steve Jobs, I said, 'The party's at this guy's house.'
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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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What we feel, especially in the streaming area, especially in the services area, is that you need curation.
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Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous. But I just knew they had great music and that they were a bunch of guys who wanted to make it out of the ghetto. That's something I can understand.
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I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I don't care what kind of music it is. I go with the best artist we can find.
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We're trying to make the music service a cultural point of reference, and that's why we're making video. We're making video for our Apple Music customers and our future customers.
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If you are not frightened, you are not original.