The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
No one wants to wait for tracks to buffer or spend hours searching through a Web site to find their favorite song. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
I'm not saying you can't be successful in the music industry without Spotify. But when I look at the future of music,… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
We kind of look at music as something very natural in people's lives. I mean, most of us can relate to music… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
We look at the sharing of music as really, really important for our business. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me. — Daniel Ek Copy Share
I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
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,… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today. — Daniel Ek Copy Share
I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The only way… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends. — Daniel Ek Copy Share
At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music. — Daniel Ek Copy Share
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
We are passionate about making it so that users enjoy the music that they want to enjoy but at the same time fairly compensates… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
I'm not saying you can't be successful in the music industry without Spotify. But when I look at the future of music, I don't… — Daniel Ek Copy Share
If you write to me and it takes a day for me to write back, don't take it personally. — Daniel Ek Copy Share
