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.”

— Jimmy Iovine

“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.”

— Jimmy Iovine

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.

— Jimmy Iovine

“When you learn to harness the power of your fears, it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams”

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

“After three albums, you should shoot your producer”

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

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

— Jimmy Iovine

“I make records so I can buy art.”

— Jimmy Iovine

Everything you know could already be wrong.

— Jimmy Iovine

“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

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.

— Jimmy Iovine

“People need service - great service where music is concerned.”

— Jimmy Iovine

“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.”

— Jimmy Iovine