Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those

It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on.

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 think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.

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.

It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.

Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.