Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.

Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off.

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 returning a HUGE amount of money [to the record labels]. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years.

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.

One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.

In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.

You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.