Jimmy Iovine Quotations

I believe that he really feels that everybody isn't hooked yet into the whole concept. You make it affordable, at a reasonable price, so they can learn about it. It's not an unreasonable position.

I don't think it's time yet. We need to convert a lot more people to the habit of buying music online. I don't think a way to convert more people is to raise the price.

The people at Apple fully understand the interaction between musicians and their audience.

He's the Smokey Robinson of the hip-hop era, ... People don't realize and always forget that you don't get to where he's gotten without real talent.

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.

We’re built to move on. Someone dies, no matter how close you are to them, you move on. That helps in a lot of ways.

If you love your dad, it’s tough when he dies. If you don’t like your dad, it’s tough when he dies. Because you lose that guy. Whatever you didn’t get, you miss. And what you did get, you miss.

People need service - great service where music is concerned.

Everything you know could already be wrong.

I make records so I can buy art.

You don't just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt.

Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right.

After three albums, you should shoot your producer

There's an ocean of music out there and there's absolutely no curation for it.

Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring.

If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused.

Every room that you walk into is better off that you're there.

I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I dont care what kind of music it is. I go with the best artist we can find.

The thing about seeing the big picture and being self-aware is knowing that it's not about you. It's about the big picture. It's not about you. It's not. This is not about you.

When you learn to harness the power of your fears, it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams

That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.