14 Quotes & Sayings By Jimmy Iovine

Jimmy Iovine is the co-founder of Interscope Records and chairman of its parent company, Universal Music Group. He has also served as an executive at Columbia Records and Geffen Records. He is currently CEO of Apple Music. Iovine was born in 1943 in Brooklyn, New York Read more

His father was the president of a local bank. Iovine started his career as a songwriter, for which he won an Academy Award for the song "Fly Like an Eagle" from the movie Rocky III. He was married to singer Gwen Stefani.

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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. Jimmy Iovine
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That's how I grew up - it wasn't cool to not have a good system. Jimmy Iovine
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I always wanted to be where the cool was because I didn't think I was cool. But music was cool. Jimmy Iovine
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I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great. Jimmy Iovine
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I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association. Jimmy Iovine
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I follow cool. When I went up to see Steve Jobs, I said, 'The party's at this guy's house.' Jimmy Iovine
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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
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The sound of my voice is more famous than me. Jimmy Iovine
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You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step. Jimmy Iovine
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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 great, what do they call Steve Jobs?' Jimmy Iovine
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I couldn't make a headphone look like a piece of medical equipment or a toy, as most headphones do. Jimmy Iovine
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Every system I have in my house or my car, they're all tuned exactly the same. Jimmy Iovine
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Dylan captured what was on a million minds and turned it into poetry. With 'Blowin' in the Wind' or 'The Times They Are A-Changin', ' he set a whole new standard. Jimmy Iovine