Jimmy Iovine

Talent is talent.

— Jimmy Iovine

Curation is everything.

— Jimmy Iovine

Ground zero for me is audio.

— Jimmy Iovine

I feel open to anything.

— Jimmy Iovine

I make records so I can buy art.

— Jimmy Iovine

I never say someone is powerful.

— Jimmy Iovine

I like 'The Voice.'

— Jimmy Iovine

I don't have a rear-view mirror.

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

I'm not going to be the guy who sold the last CD.

— Jimmy Iovine

The next Prince might just get really good at something else.

— Jimmy Iovine

Everything you know could already be wrong.

— Jimmy Iovine

If you are not frightened, you are not original.

— Jimmy Iovine

'Magic' is a word that's too often misused in the record industry.

— Jimmy Iovine

The whole thing about playlists is what song comes next.

— Jimmy Iovine

After three albums, you should shoot your producer

— Jimmy Iovine

Diversifying, to me, is the product of having an idea and knowing to say, 'Let's do it.'

— Jimmy Iovine

When we did Beats, we had to begin again. Nobody at Best Buy knew who we were.

— Jimmy Iovine

When I was a label head, I didn't think I was greedy. I've always run my own race.

— Jimmy Iovine

My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.

— Jimmy Iovine

Everything Dre and I do is completely on feel. We don't prepare for anything... we only work on instinct.

— Jimmy Iovine

We want PC makers to have better audio because these things are used as home stereos by a lot of people, and…

— Jimmy Iovine

I'm trying to help Apple Music be an overall movement in popular culture, everything from unsigned bands to video.

— Jimmy Iovine

Beats succeeded because, as music lovers, we knew oscilloscopes don't buy headphones - people do.

— Jimmy Iovine

I learned how to do absolutely nothing - I didn't learn one thing in high school. If I had to get a…

— Jimmy Iovine

If you're an artist, and you put out a record - most artists only have one or two hit records - that…

— Jimmy Iovine

There are thousands of Eminems. Just listen to a song. There are thousands of them. It's just that he had the talent.…

— Jimmy Iovine

It was frustrating that young people, through no fault of their own, were listening to terrible $2 ear buds. You can't get…

— Jimmy Iovine

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening,…

— Jimmy Iovine

It's time you stop thinking that because you did something, it's... amazing. All you've got to do is say, 'OK. If I'm…

— Jimmy Iovine

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…

— Jimmy Iovine

I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I dont care what kind of music it…

— Jimmy Iovine

Girls are sitting around talking about boys, right? Or complaining about boys, when they have their heart broken or whatever, and they…

— Jimmy Iovine

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…

— Jimmy Iovine

Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous.…

— Jimmy Iovine

I love doing third albums. A group makes its first album, and then the record company rushes them into the studio to…

— Jimmy Iovine

I was very insecure. I figured the only thing I can do is just work harder than everybody else and be useful.…

— Jimmy Iovine

Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed…

— Jimmy Iovine

My proudest thing in my career is that I was able to change it three times. And I'm happy about that. I…

— Jimmy Iovine

The world is evolving.

— Jimmy Iovine