Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes.

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.

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 years.