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  • I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry as far as how you release music, demand, the pace of everything. You don't know who's talking to you. Who's Spotify? Who's iTunes? Who are all those bloggers? Who says I have to do this? Why do you have to do all this press? Why do I have to do so many shows? Why do I have to do a regular album right now? I don't understand it.

    Talking   Way   Firsts  
    Source: pitchfork.com
  • I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.

    Artist   People   Pay  
    "Black Keys Drummer Patrick Carney Calls Napster Founder Sean Parker an 'A--hole' for Stealing Royalties" by Portia Medina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 26, 2012.
  • With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

    People   Trying   Spotify  
  • This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.

    "Spotify's Daniel Ek: 'We want artists to be able to afford to create the music they want to create'" by Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2012.
  • I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star.

    "Airbnb founder wants you to open your doors to strangers - and let them sleep over" by Meena Hart Duerson, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.
  • I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.

  • For me, Spotify is not even a necessary evil. It helps me do what I want to do.

    Evil   Want   Helping  
    "The copyright-worrying return of the monkey selfie - Open thread" by Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2014.
  • Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

    Artist   Two   Dollars  
    "$2 Billion and Counting". news.spotify.com. November 11, 2014.
  • If you get on the radio, people hear it, they buy the record. If you get on Spotify playlist nowadays, people hear it, they buy the record.

    People   Radio   Records  
    Source: brightestyoungthings.com
  • The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'

    People   Want   Pay  
    "Spotify founder: Future of music is access, not ownership" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2011.
  • 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.

  • I feel like as musicians we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry. Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen.

    Fighting   Musician   Doe  
    "Thom Yorke calls Spotify 'the last desperate fart of a dying corpse'". Sopitas Newspaper Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 07, 2013.
  • The owner of Spotify is worth something like 3 billion dollars ... he's richer than Paul McCartney and he's 30 and he's never written a song.

    Song   Dollars   Spotify  
    "The Black Keys' Patrick Carney Slams U2's Songs of Innocence Free Release" by Jeremy Gordon, pitchfork.com. October 16, 2014.
  • I'm down with Spotify. I don't know all the financial details but generally it's a great resource.

    "Vampire Weekend Talk 'Girls' and New Album in Lively Reddit Session". Interview with RJ Cubarrubia, www.rollingstone.com. May 15, 2013.
  • Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.

  • Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years.

    Years   Two   Records  
  • Back before Napster and Spotify, we toured to promote record sales. Now we make records to promote tour dates.

  • At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.

    Winning   Musician   Want  
    "Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Talks Royalties, Social and The Future". Interview with Eliot Van Buskirk, evolver.fm. February 10, 2012.
  • 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.

  • Okay, you can stay at home and Spotify, or YouTube, or you can get off your ass and come listen to what real musicians making real music sound like. And, hey, it doesn't have to be me, but if I'm in town, then yeah, you should definitely check me out.

    Real   Home   Musician  
  • There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services] Spotify is returning a HUGE amount of money [to the record labels]. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years.

    Artist   Years   Two  
  • I'm not even fifty yet, but I still feel like Instagram and Spotify - I'm trying to stay with it! It's not easy. The world is going so fast.

    Trying   World   Fifty  
    "Fisher Stevens and Stand Up Guys". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
  • The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.

    "Exclusive: Taylor Swift on Being Pop's Instantly Platinum Wonder... And Why She's Paddling Against the Streams". Interview with Chris Willman, www.yahoo.com. November 6, 2014.
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