At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'

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

Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.

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.

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

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