Billions Quote by Patrick Carney

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

— Daniel Ek

Music as a whole industry is growing exponentially, but in terms of the actual music file, when you look at the actual value there,…

— Troy Carter

I think overall, and this isn't specific to Spotify or any streaming service or any label... when you consider the overall value chain of…

— Troy Carter

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

— 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.

— Daniel Ek

With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually make a…

— Ty Segall

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

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 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

When you listen to music through Spotify, you don't own the song, even though you might be able to listen to it at any…

— Sarah Jeong

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

It's really much more than the plastic of album covers and record sales and dollars and cents. Music is just everybody's mother. Music is…

— Donovan