Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I was very insecure. I figured the only thing I can do is just work harder than everybody else and be useful.… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
Everything Dre and I do is completely on feel. We don't prepare for anything... we only work on instinct. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I didn't have any sophistication. I didn't really have any great taste or anything like that. I was just a kid from… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
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… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
All I ever really work for is to be a really good engineer, a good producer, a good executive, good in the… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
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… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I am blessed with the energy of a chimpanzee. There is nothing I can't get up for and give it a hundred percent. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
Seeing young people caring about sound again and realizing that it's not cool to not have good sound, that means a lot. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
The great artists of music have always innovated and boldly changed the game, but the industry itself has not. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I learned how to do absolutely nothing - I didn't learn one thing in high school. If I had to get a job at… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
Apple, of all the global tech companies, was the one that understood why artists make things. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I'm happy with studio infiltration, but I'm thrilled when I see 12- to 20-year olds walking down the street with Beats and not two-dollar… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be where the cool was because I didn't think I was cool. But music was cool. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
