KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Daniel Ek Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Daniel Ek

Showing 1-10 of 44 Quotes by Daniel Ek

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

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Better Inventor Just Make Things Want

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Friends Get People Spotify Tell Then Try Until

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Along Band Came Combine Companies Day Decided Enough Growing Growing Up Had Make Music Never One Day Passions Play Spotify Started Talented Technology Tried Two Up While I Tried

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Access Just Music People Want World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Artists Billion Bring Creating Doing Double Going Great Half Happen Industry Lead Legal Listen Majority More Music Music Industry New New Music Online Over People Side Spotify Those Vast Vast Majority Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In order for a service to be social, you've really got to start from the ground up. The fact that almost a third of the U.S. population have even heard of Spotify is really because they've seen it on Facebook and friends have been sharing.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Almost Because Been Even Facebook Fact Friends Got Ground Heard Order Population Really Seen Service Sharing Social Spotify Start Third Up You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Actually Consumers Focus Listen Put Saying Tell You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Cooler Deeply Guy Much Really Than Thought Uncertain Wanted Who

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Been Before Bigger Consume Ever Every Getting Industry Just Legal Make Millions Millions Of People Month Music Music Industry People Service Than Them Way Who Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Daniel Ek

Topics: Advice Any Big Big Company Company Discussion Get Great Great People Learn Lot More Networking Other People Social Survey Than Tools Twitter You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Daniel Ek on Amazon

Related Authors

Les Brown
Warren Buffett
Stephen Covey
Peter Drucker
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Jim Rohn

Popular Authors

Albert Camus Zora Neale Hurston Lebron James Jack Ma Margaret Mead Frank Ocean Simon Sinek Harriet Tubman

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1707 - Carolus Linnaeus

1799 - Thomas Hood

1810 - Margaret Fuller

1824 - Ambrose Burnside

1846 - John Buchanan Robinson

1848 - Otto Lilienthal

1868 - Harry Graf Kessler

1875 - Alfred P. Sloan

1883 - Douglas Fairbanks

1888 - Zack Wheat

Birthdays on May 23rd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Anniversary Change Dreams Future Graduation Life Medical Teen