You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step. Jimmy Iovine More Quotes by Jimmy Iovine More Quotes From Jimmy Iovine 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 smart graduation life 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 bigs knowing self When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams. Jimmy Iovine wildest-dreams harness dream Every room that you walk into is better off that you're there. Jimmy Iovine better-off walks rooms Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring. Jimmy Iovine hubris boring humility If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused. Jimmy Iovine music-business stay-focused discipline 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 i-dont-care artist trying Everything you know could already be wrong. Jimmy Iovine knows You don't just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt. Jimmy Iovine pride hurt thinking There's an ocean of music out there and there's absolutely no curation for it. Jimmy Iovine ocean 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 checks song looks After three albums, you should shoot your producer Jimmy Iovine albums three should Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right. Jimmy Iovine company technology I make records so I can buy art. Jimmy Iovine records i-can art 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 matter way moving 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 dad guy love-you People need service - great service where music is concerned. Jimmy Iovine music-is people needs Beats succeeded because, as music lovers, we knew oscilloscopes don't buy headphones - people do. Jimmy Iovine headphones music lovers people Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it. Jimmy Iovine life-is-a balance fear life It's one thing for the industry to lose half its revenue to piracy; it's another to destroy it emotionally. Jimmy Iovine lose destroy one-thing half
