ITunes opening and playing spontaneously

So, my iTunes randomly opens by itself and begins playing random songs from my music library. Any ideas as to why this happens or how to stop it?

Hmm...do you have any devices plugged in? Sometimes you need to unchek "open itunes when ..". I have also heard that some people had to turn off there dashboard widgets (after an update). https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1955511?start=30&tstart=0
The only other thing I can think of is a keyboard shortcut being used. If its playing from your library, it definatley is not autplay.
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