Daniel Ek Quotes & Sayings

“I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.”

“I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.”

“With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.”

“The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'”

“I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.”

“Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.”

“At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.”

“At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.”

“I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.”

“In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.”