88 Jimmy Iovine Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jimmy Iovine

American Producer

Born: Mar 11, 1953

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I always say, 'I love chocolate, but I'm not Willy Wonka.' Jimmy Iovine

Love Say Always Chocolate

I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having. Jimmy Iovine

Problems Record Having Industry Artists Interested Really

I always wanted to be where the cool was because I didn't think I was cool. But music was cool. Jimmy Iovine

Music Think Because Always Where Wanted Cool

Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading. Jimmy Iovine

Music Digital Degrading Sound Artists Damaging

Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous. But I just knew they had great music and that they were a bunch of guys who wanted to make it out of the ghetto. That's something I can understand. Jimmy Iovine

Death Music Great Business Dangerous Ghetto Out Great Music Something Guys Could Had Knew Nobody Make Because Felt Understand Were Bunch Just Wanted Unfortunately Who Element Row

I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great. Jimmy Iovine

Great School Somebody Think Learn Who Cool

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

Work Everything Dre Only Feel Instinct Anything Prepare

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 gotta keep having information pumped into me. I look under every rock. Jimmy Iovine

Just because you did something once doesn't mean anything. You have to be willing in your heart to begin again every day. The minute I'm not willing to do that, I will retire. Jimmy Iovine

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 Great You Out Freaked Trying Going Next Means Keep

I don't have a rear-view mirror. Jimmy Iovine

Mirror

Genres are just names. Jimmy Iovine

Names Genres Just

Just because you go to Burning Man doesn't make you Hunter Thompson. Jimmy Iovine

You Man Thompson Hunter Make Because Go Just Just Because Burning

Record companies are not unique. Artists are. Period! Jimmy Iovine

Record Record Companies Period Artists Companies Unique

I couldn't do a show; I have about as much talent to do television as, you know... it's not what I do. I wouldn't know where to begin. Jimmy Iovine

You Television About Talent Know Begin Where Much Show

Curation is everything. Jimmy Iovine

Everything

When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone. Jimmy Iovine

Dog Focus Bone Something Like Need

The fact is that 'free' in music streaming is so technically good and ubiquitous that it's stunting the growth of paid streaming. Jimmy Iovine

Music Good Technically Free Fact Paid Streaming Growth

Dre's from Compton, I'm from Brooklyn, and we both wanted to make a better life for ourselves, right? And we both - somehow, we're both recording engineers, that's how we got our break. Jimmy Iovine

Life Better Recording Our Dre Ourselves Brooklyn Somehow Both Better Life Make Got How Wanted Break Engineers Right

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