Jimmy Iovine Quotes

• 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.

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  Life, Graduation, Smart

  Jimmy Iovine's Commencement Address at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, news.usc.edu. May 17, 2013.

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

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  Dream, Harness, Wildest Dreams

  "Jimmy Iovine Talks Bruce Springsteen, Recites R. Kelly at USC Commencement" by Colin Stutz, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 17, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Self, Knowing, Bigs

  "Jimmy Iovine: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2013.

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

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  Rooms, Walks, Better Off

  "Jimmy Iovine: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2013.

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

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  Humility, Boring, Hubris

  "Jimmy Iovine Talks Bruce Springsteen, Recites R. Kelly at USC Commencement". Interview with Colin Stutz, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 17, 2013.

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• 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.

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  I Dont Care, Artist, Trying

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• Everything you know could already be wrong.

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  Knows

  "Jimmy Iovine Talks Bruce Springsteen, Recites R. Kelly at USC Commencement". Interview with Colin Stutz TWITTER, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 17, 2013.

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

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  Discipline, Stay Focused, Music Business

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

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  Hurt, Pride, Thinking

  "Jimmy Iovine: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2013.

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

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  Technology, Company

  "Jimmy Iovine Is Going To Be Awesome For Apple" by Steve Kovach, www.businessinsider.com. May 9, 2014.

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

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  Ocean

  "Beats betting on curated playlists for upcoming music subscription service" by Dieter Bohn, www.theverge.com. February 12, 2013.

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• After three albums, you should shoot your producer

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  Albums, Three, Should

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• 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.

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  Song, Looks, Checks

  "Jimmy Iovine, Eddy Cue Talk Filling the 'Hole' With Apple Music". Interview with Steve Knopper, www.rollingstone.com. June 8, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Moving, Matter, Way

  "Jimmy Iovine: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2013.

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• I make records so I can buy art.

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  Art, Records, I Can

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• 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.

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  Dad, Love You, Guy

  "Jimmy Iovine: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2013.

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• People need service - great service where music is concerned.

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  People, Needs, Music Is

  "Jimmy Iovine, Eddy Cue Talk Filling the 'Hole' With Apple Music". Interview with Steve Knopper, www.rollingstone.com. June 8, 2015.

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