I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I don't care what kind of music it… — Jimmy Iovine Art Copy Share Image
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing:… — Jimmy Iovine Best Copy Share Image
You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people. — Jimmy Iovine Great Copy Share Image
My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me. — Jimmy Iovine Front 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 Engineer Copy Share Image
What I saw in the record industry is it's just getting more restricted, more restricted, more restricted to where everyone's trying to… — Jimmy Iovine Kind Copy Share Image
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 Baseball Copy Share Image
If I were going to teach a course, it would be called Don't Breathe Your Own Exhaust. — Jimmy Iovine Breathe Copy Share Image
When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams. — Jimmy Iovine Dream Copy Share Image
If you're great, that means you're freaked out that the next day you're not going to be great. You keep trying. — Jimmy Iovine Day Copy Share Image
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 Amazing Copy Share Image
Girls are sitting around talking about boys, right? Or complaining about boys, when they have their heart broken or whatever, and they… — Jimmy Iovine Dj Copy Share Image
You can't just stick someone's name on a headphone that doesn't know anything about sound. — Jimmy Iovine About Copy Share Image
When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone. — Jimmy Iovine Bone Copy Share Image
Those folks at Death Row were the Rolling Stones of their time. — Jimmy Iovine Death Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music. — Jimmy Iovine Grow up 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 Allowed Copy Share Image
I don't look at Spotify or Rdio or any of these guys as a direct competitor: I look at other forms of… — Jimmy Iovine Any Copy Share Image
People need service - great service where music is concerned. — Jimmy Iovine Concerned Copy Share Image
The media people need to have real tech people, and the tech people need media people. Otherwise, you have the 'Star Wars'… — Jimmy Iovine Fighting Copy Share Image
