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Spotify was one of the first services that actually focuses on the consumer because they don't have to spend hundreds of dollars a year…

— Troy Carter

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

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…

— Sean Parker

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks…

— David Byrne

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…

— Sean Parker

Spotify is a platform: it could be expanded to other types of content.

— Daniel Ek

Spotify favors hits. It's very much a meritocracy: It's not like radio, where whatever is being played is what you hear. We offer songs…

— Troy Carter

What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs. It's not…

— Beck

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

— Ed Sheeran

Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners.

— Daniel Ek

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…

— Patrick Carney

I'm trying my best to keep things exactly the same. Spotify hasn't changed my process other than doubling up. We do twice a week…

— Joe Budden