American - Producer | March 11, 1953 -
Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right.
Jimmy Iovine
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There's a sea of music out there, but there's no curation for it.
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I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I don't care what kind of music it is. I go with the best artist we can find.
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I don't know why records are treated different than books. I don't know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.
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There's just no way to stop a movement in popular culture. It's going to happen, with or without you. There's absolutely no way to stop that train.
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There are thousands of Eminems. Just listen to a song. There are thousands of them. It's just that he had the talent. It's like someone with a talent to hit a baseball. He had the talent to write lyrics.
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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.
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I was very insecure. I figured the only thing I can do is just work harder than everybody else and be useful. So I would anticipate when a client would need a cup of tea. I would anticipate when they wanted to rewind the tape. I would anticipate when they were going to do a vocal.
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Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.
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Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked.
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Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music.
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Bruce Springsteen gave people faith in rock & roll and in themselves again.
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