ITunes Won't Quit!

Hi! So here's the deal:
I cannot get iTunes to quit. Well, not exactly, but pretty close. You see, when I quit iTunes, it apparently does so successfullly. However, a few minutes later, iTunes opens again! Of course, this is without my permission.
iTunes is not set to automatically Open At Login, and even if it was, I don't believe that would be the problem.
So, what can I do to fix this problem? If Terminal is required, that is ok, as I am familiar with the command line, for the most part.
Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it!

Ok, well, I used the Disk Utility to repair the disk permissions, and it found some stuff wrong with iTunes, so hopefully that fixed it. I will post back in a day or two with updates!

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