How to prevent iTunes 11.2.2(3) from opening itself EVER or just delete it

I've spent a fair amount of time researching this on a couple occassions and have tried a number of steps people outlined in the past to prevent iTunes from launching itself but nothing so far has worked for me on the latest version of iTunes (11.2.2(3) as of this post).  I was able to rename iTunes to something else, so OS X just created a new copy of iTunes and starts launching that! Grrr...
iTunes launches at all sorts of annoying times, such as when a stereo bluetooth headset is connected, or it used to be that pressing any of the playback function keys on the Macbook Air keyboard would cause iTunes to launch...I've fixed this for the most part by installing "Magic Keys" but I also get an annoying message everytime I reboot asking whether I'm ok with opening MagicKeys (I have gate keeper turned off).  There's lots of other cases where iTunes will launch and I haven't a clue why.  I have no need for iTunes to launch itself at anytime, I can do that myself on the very rare ocassions that I need to on this computer.  Finding iTunes is running all the time for no apparent reason isn't exactly great for battery life.
Does anyone know of a method that is confirmed to work on the latest version of Mac OS X Mavericks & iTunes
to prevent iTunes from opening itself EVER?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Thanks for reading my rant.

I have a similar problem with my Mac Mini.  It started after I updated to the latest iTunes May 29th.   I am running Mavericks OS updated to current versions.   iTunes keeps opening up to the last ITunes window used and I keeping closing it.  I have searched the net and tried many ideas.  There is a historyof this probelm going wayback to 2010.  CNET documents it andother sites have postings since then where it has occurrred with other Mac OSes!
I can say baltwo your idea is a non-starter. Just close it again?  Altering code to prevent iTunes opening up on its own is another.   Programs that have to re-programmed to work as designed is the programmers responsibility not the end user.  The only way I can get it not to start up on its own is to unplug my Apple USB keyboard!   This is bogus!  But I will press on!  Replace the Keyboard. Re-install the software is the last move... after I go to the genius bar.   It would be nice if Apple would step up!

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