178 Quotes by Jimmy Iovine

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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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    I believe that he really feels that everybody isn't hooked yet into the whole concept. You make it affordable, at a reasonable price, so they can learn about it. It's not an unreasonable position.

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    I don't think it's time yet. We need to convert a lot more people to the habit of buying music online. I don't think a way to convert more people is to raise the price.

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    The people at Apple fully understand the interaction between musicians and their audience.

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    He's the Smokey Robinson of the hip-hop era, ... People don't realize and always forget that you don't get to where he's gotten without real talent.

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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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