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.

There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming services.

You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur.

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

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.