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Daniel Ek

Swedish Businessman

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Buying sports cars, going to expensive nightclubs, spraying people with champagne and things like that - what I learnt is that it wasn't for me, and, in fact, I feel pretty empty after doing that. Daniel Ek

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We are passionate about making it so that users enjoy the music that they want to enjoy but at the same time fairly compensates artists. That's not the same as saving the music industry. Daniel Ek

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We kind of look at music as something very natural in people's lives. I mean, most of us can relate to music in some sort of shape and form, and if you think about it, most of us remember the first time we kissed someone, what kind of music was playing or the song that was playing on our friend's birthday. Daniel Ek

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I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me. Daniel Ek

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We're focused on growing the pie so the artists can go back to making a meaningful amount of money. Daniel Ek

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A playlist can be very versatile, almost like a programming language. Daniel Ek

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Piracy was kind of hard: It took a few minutes to download a song. It was kind of cumbersome. You had to worry about viruses. It's not like people want to be pirates. They just want a great experience. Daniel Ek

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

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

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For me, as someone growing up in a working-class suburb in Stockholm, I couldn't afford all the music. So back in '98, '99, I was really thinking about how I could get all the music and do it in a legal way while at the same time compensating the artist. Daniel Ek

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I had always wanted to belong, and I had been thinking that this was going to get solved when I had money, and instead, I had no idea how I wanted to live my life. And no one teaches you what to do after you achieve financial independence. So I had to confront that. Daniel Ek

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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