Kevin Parker Quotes

I'm the last person that wants to give away music for free.

I think eventually all music will be free.

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

I feel like music will be free sooner or later, and I think I'm all for it.

I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

I would happy for someone to download my music.

You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.

If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying that's right, but it's a fact, and I'm surprised that more people don't accept or acknowledge that and try to adapt in some way.

People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.

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.

Music is now becoming 'free,' and it's very difficult for new artists to start.

I download music everyday, I know music is free and so does everybody else you know.

My idea is that artists should make their music available for free, and fans should only pay for it if they really like it.

I don't think piracy is going to kill the music industry. But digital technology and the ability to download will change the packaging from CDs to a single-based business.

Napster is a consumer revolt. Napster is about my right to have this music and to share if I've paid for it. You know, so we start to see our decisions, our opportunities, our every choice is a consumer choice.

When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff.

Napster is great so long as they put out tracks on there that have been officially released. I don't really mind people downloading my music; I also see it as a compliment. And if you are a real music lover, you want to have the original CD anyway 'cause then you feel more connected to the artist.

The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they're still mad about radio.

File sharing is our radio; that's the way people hear our stuff.

There's no doubt that the ready availability of music online has created a thousand more opportunities than it's destroyed.

I get sick when I think about someone going to iTunes and downloading two songs off our album. It's not meant to be listened to that way.

I pay for all my music.

When you listen to music through Spotify, you don't own the song, even though you might be able to listen to it at any time.

I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should be a certain respect for artists who give their music away for free.