Jimmy Iovine Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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#5. 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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#6. Everything you know could already be wrong.

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#7. 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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#8. People need service - great service where music is concerned.

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#9. 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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#10. After three albums, you should shoot your producer

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

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#12. 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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