Jimmy Iovine Quotes

I'm not a producer and I don't even know the places my producer goes to, thankfully.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.

If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

I learned everything about business and about music and stuff from being a second engineer.

The music industry really is a meritocracy on a creative level.

My son is a professional musician now.

Basically, I'm one of the greatest producers ever. And I'm also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I'm also one of the best executives ever.

I would love to be a corporate leader.

It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I want to be the president of Columbia Records, maybe C.E.O. - kind of like L.A. Reid.

I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.

I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously.

To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key.

My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.

I love the music business very much.

I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.

The main thing I wanted was to manage.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would.

In those days I don't' think they were even demos.

I once worked at a record label called London Records. The company was owned by Roger Ames, one of the most successful figures in the British music industry. Roger always placed a value on loafing, on holidays, on not being in the office all the time.

When I get asked for advice for a young person starting in the music business, I tell them, 'Play every chance you get, and be real lucky.'