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

~Daniel Ek

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

~Daniel Ek

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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

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

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Topics: Access Just Music People Want World

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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