178 Quotes by Jimmy Iovine

It was frustrating that young people, through no fault of their own, were listening to terrible $2 ear buds. You can't get good sound out of those.

You're only as good as your weakest link in the ecosystem of sound, of audio.

I couldn't make a headphone look like a piece of medical equipment or a toy, as most headphones do.

I never say someone is powerful.

What we feel, especially in the streaming area, especially in the services area, is that you need curation.

Seeing young people caring about sound again and realizing that it's not cool to not have good sound, that means a lot.

I didn't feel comfortable as an executive. I felt comfortable around artists and record producers... and then I found my niche: I gotta find great producers, and I produce them.

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

I don't look at Spotify or Rdio or any of these guys as a direct competitor: I look at other forms of entertainment as the competitor.