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

But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music.

Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.

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

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

No one wants to wait for tracks to buffer or spend hours searching through a Web site to find their favorite song.

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.