“I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.” BornKnownSwedenPiracy Author:Daniel Ek
“In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.” PeopleTwoComfortableExceptionSpearsGaga Author:Daniel Ek
“People just want to have access to all of the world's music.” PeopleWorldWantAccess Author:Daniel Ek
“The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'” PeopleWantReasonPaySpotifyPortability Author:Daniel Ek
“With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.” PeopleTryingSpotify Author:Daniel Ek
“In order for a service to be social, you've really got to start from the ground up. The fact that almost a third of the U.S. population have even heard of Spotify is really because they've seen it on Facebook and friends have been sharing.” Has BeensFactsOrderSocialHeardThirdsPopulationSpotify Author:Daniel Ek
“It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.” PeopleArtistGoneGreaterListeningIndustryDiversityDisturbedDrainsMusic Industry Author:Daniel Ek
“Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.” MatterTodaySongFiveHappenedMinutesNewsMusic IsSecondsRelevantFive Minutes1960s Author:Daniel Ek
“There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.” PeopleIfsHappensArtistSidesHalfIndustryCreatingMajorityBillionsOnlineListening To MusicMusic IndustryNew MusicSpotify Author:Daniel Ek
“With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.” PeopleBigsSocialCompanyAdviceToolsDiscussionNetworkingGreat PeopleSurveysSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkBig Companies Author:Daniel Ek