The leader of a company needs to have a decision tree in his head - if this happens, we go this way, but if it winds up like that, then we go this other way.

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

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

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

The transition strategies are more important than understanding what the outcome state will be.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

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

A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.

Look: There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity.

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.

You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.

I have tried to live my life with no regrets. Because regrets will become guilt in some cases, and guilt eats away at your sanity.

There are things in life worth dying for. Toothpaste isn't one of them.

The smell of frustration cannot compete with the stench of non-creation

Imagine the big rating agencies as three competitive saloons standing side by side, with each free to set its own drinking age. Before long, nine-year-olds would be downing bourbon

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

When you love something you just don't want to stop talking about it.

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ? That's not my department.