At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.

We led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible.

The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'

With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

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

I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.

Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.

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

The value of a company is the sum of the problems you solve.

People just want to have access to all of the world's music.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

I think as an artist that's the best thing you can have - a personal stamp on something.

It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.

Suffering perfects the soul.

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

When I am bored with myself, I try to find someone to listen to me.

You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself

Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.