Jimmy Iovine Quotes

There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?

When you walk into a room,” he said softly, “the air changes.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.

In the case of Papa Pope, certainly he's making his daughter's world and the world of the republic a much better place.

Mahesh Bhatt has been a great influence in many people's lives. The vibe he brings onto the set is very positive.

Be a gift to everyone who enters your life, and to everyone whose life you enter. Be careful not to enter another's life if you cannot be a gift. (You can always be a gift, because you always are the gift - yet sometimes you don't let yourself know that.)

I don't like the word power, because I don't really care about power. No, that's not what it is. I like that I make people feel good. I like that I take them out of their mundane, boring slumber. And I wake them up, and they have fun.

I do think that it's a responsibility when there are so few of us as African Americans to kind of get to that place of success in a positive light. We should take a stance and stand for something and use that platform for positivity.

When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.

Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.

We are always impacting the world...through our presence, energy, interactions - what kind of impact are we having?

You are certainly one of the joys of life for all who have ever come within a mile of you.

I don't want to go crazy pretending to be someone all the time. But at the same time, if I have the ability to influence people, and we have X amount of energy in the day, it's not even our option anymore - it's our duty to do something positive in the world.

Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?

You have to make every group you come in contact with better.

In my life there have been several individuals whose presence made it easier for me to think, pleasanter to make my responses.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

If something good has lost its way into you, it will make its escape overnight. I know you.

A person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and our surroundings have a crucial effect on our consciousness. How important it is to be an instrument to bring out the inherent good of each other rather than the worst.

Before I met her, I drank and swore without reason... now I have a reason.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?

We ought always to try to influence others for good.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.