Jimmy Iovine Quotes

Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me as long as it doesn't bother them that they're not hearing 90 percent of the music that way.

If all the elements are in place, you should get 80 percent of what a song has to offer no matter how you hear it, whether on headphones or on the radio.

I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.

Our job as producers is to make the music sound as good as possible.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I wanted to do something as an extension of my passion for music. My aim for the STREET by 50 On-Ear Wired Headphone range is to present music as it's meant to be heard, in studio-mastered sound.

In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.

I like to find music that shares a rhythm with the sentences I'm working on. And though I'll probably regret saying this, I think some songs actually don't sound too bad when they're played through lousy speakers.

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

I believe in legacy. And I believe in making the radio sound better. If I gotta listen to it, I want it to sound good.

I think I make good beats, but when it's not mastered correctly, it can definitely make it sound like it's not a good beat, and that has been an issue sometimes with me in the past.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

It's good to see more young people playing instruments.

There are incredible musicians around the world.

I like all kinds of music, be it old Hindi movie songs or English classics.

I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

I grew up in a very music-loving home with a lot of records, a lot of TV, a lot of radio, a lot of video - VHS cinema, basically.

What do I think of digital recording? Well, it's all right. But those old thorn needles, now, that was a sound.

I feel like music is always alive and well.

As far as animatronics, I started out in college working for Tom Holman. He was the inventor of the THX sound system. Through him, I got an internship at Lucasfilm.

As long as I've known music, Bose has been the company to listen to. They're a lot of fun to work with, but also being able to associate yourself with such a high-quality product is great.

We grew up understanding how the analog sound is a driving force for music.

When you're recording live, really good vintage instruments onto two-inch tape, it's the best fidelity you can get.

It never occurred to me that I'd be a musician. I was just drunk on music, jamming with friends, chilling out with lot of music around.

Radio or no radio, I just like the way records sound when the drums and vocals are loud.