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

— 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

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

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.

— Patrick Carney

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

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

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

If you look at something like Spotify, many record labels are investors in the company. So from that standpoint, the money is all going…

— Om Malik

Music is more available than ever. It's up to people to figure out. Ultimately, it's up to the business to figure out what the…

— Mike D

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

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