Jimmy Iovine Quotes
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There are geniuses, savants; I'm not one of them. I work hard, I see where popular culture's going to move, but I've gotta keep having information pumped into me. I look under every rock.
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If you're looking for a quick hit, that means you're looking for something disposable.
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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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I was very insecure. I figured the only thing I can do is just work harder than everybody else and be useful. So I would anticipate when a client would need a cup of tea. I would anticipate when they wanted to rewind the tape. I would anticipate when they were going to do a vocal.
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The sound of my voice is more famous than me.
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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'm not a pioneer of hip-hop; I just saw it and said, 'This thing is incredible, and these people are incredible. They should be exposed all over the world.'
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Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.
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Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk.
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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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I don't have a rear-view mirror.
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People need service - great service where music is concerned.
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I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.
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Having a hit is nice, having some success, but when you move popular culture, that's a high.
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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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If you follow the lead of the artists, they will take you places that you could never go on your own.
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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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If you are not frightened, you are not original.
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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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I came from Brooklyn. My nickname was Moochie.
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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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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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Just because you like something, that doesn't mean that you have a feel for it.
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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.