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 advicebigcompany Change image and share on social
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 facebookfactfriend share on social
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 bigconsumeillegally Change image and share on social
I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better. Daniel Ek inventormakething Change image and share on social
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it. Daniel Ek artistbrunocommunicate Change image and share on social
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 cooldeeplyguy Change image and share on social
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends. Daniel Ek friendpeoplespotify Change image and share on social
I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services. Daniel Ek bearpiracyservice Change image and share on social
Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song. Daniel Ek 1960sagohappen Change image and share on social
It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists. Daniel Ek artistdisturbdiversity Change image and share on social
