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

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.

We led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible.

With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

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

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

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

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

The value of a company is the sum of the problems you solve.

People just want to have access to all of the world's music.

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.

It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.

I would like to have a big white wedding and eventually have a family.

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.

Just remember... it doesn't matter how long you have known each other.. all that matters is that he has kept you smiling from day one

People don't remember you for all of the good things you do. They remember the time you blew a giant green snot bubble out your nose.

Hello, it's a dream for me to play for Real Madrid. Thank you for the great welcome. Go Madrid!

Underconfidence breeds underachievement.

That's the magic of filmmaking, to draw the audience into an exotic world and keep them there and keep the suspense.

When it comes to telling children stories, they don’t need simple language. They need beautiful language.

I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.