ITunes 6 opens by itself!

Hello!
Itunes is working great for me...so great that it wants me to keep it open ALL the time. It's sort of comical, but annoying.
I quit Itunes...it's definitely shut down. There is no arrow next to the icon in my dock. About a minute later, Itunes launches itself. I can't KEEP it closed. I checked preferences, but no luck. Any suggestions?

What do you know...the Itunes Lyrics Widget (that never worked anyway) was deactivated, and it hasn't started back up. Thanks!

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