Jimmy Iovine Quotes

I make playlists on my iPod like nobody's business!

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled.

Apple Music is a big idea, and it's going to take some time to fulfill its overall dream.

Apple Music is a living, breathing brand.

With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

The difference between Spotify and Internet radio services like Pandora is that Spotify is interactive. You can sample the complete catalogue of most artists' recordings.

I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I opened my account, though, I sat there perplexed. How would I figure out what I wanted to hear?

I think when you go to a store and you go to the Justin Timberlake page and stream it from there, that's great, but that means you went to the store. iTunes Radio lets you discover it without you having to think about it.

I kind of date my musical discovery back to when I was 13 years old, getting my iTunes account and using that as a major tool to discover new music.

I don't really do playlists. I don't know how to make a playlist, honestly.

I remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'.

With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.

One thing I always do is listen to my iPod. I listen to whatever is kind of new on the radio, I am always downloading stuff.

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

I find so much new music I didn't know about on my Sonos.

YouTube is a good way to discover new music now because it comes up with that thing at the side with other artists you might like.

I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.

I find a lot of up-and-coming musicians I enjoy, present them to my viewers - and hopefully inflate the growth of these artists by putting them in front an audience that wouldn't have been aware of them.

You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.

There's just something so amazing about being anywhere, and some music starts playing, and you just hold up your phone and can find out what it is. You never again have to say, 'That's a great song! Who is it by?'

Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all the music in the world, for a flat fee.'

As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the walls. The protracted labor of amassing a personal music library has lost its detective zeal.

When I'm driving I should make more of an effort with my iPod, but I'm too lazy to organise a playlist.

I have a playlist for every mood.