Eddy Cue Quotes

I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I opened my account, though, I sat there perplexed. How would I figure out what I wanted to hear?

With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.

Someone asked me the other day what my favourite record shop was, and I said YouTube.

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

YouTube is a good way to discover new music now because it comes up with that thing at the side with other artists you might like.

I kind of date my musical discovery back to when I was 13 years old, getting my iTunes account and using that as a major tool to discover new music.

The difference between Spotify and Internet radio services like Pandora is that Spotify is interactive. You can sample the complete catalogue of most artists' recordings.

Spotify, Tidal, and even YouTube, to a degree, are vast and rich troves of music, but they primarily function as search engines organized by algorithms. You typically have to know what you're looking for in order to find it.

Apple Music is a big idea, and it's going to take some time to fulfill its overall dream.

I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.

I'm always online looking for new music and things like that.

I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

I went through my adolescence having this revelatory experience - I can have any music I want, and I can get it immediately. For me and for a lot of people I know, there's this musical eclecticism that happened.

You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

The best way for me to discover new music is through YouTube, and through my readers emailing me stuff.

People are experimenting with streaming, with subscription services, whether it's a Spotify or a Pandora or a Rdio.

One thing I always do is listen to my iPod. I listen to whatever is kind of new on the radio, I am always downloading stuff.

The reality is, when I'm sitting in a hotel room at 3 in the morning, and I see something on the Internet that interests me in the form of a band I want to hear, I like the ability to just go online to iTunes and download it immediately.

I find so much new music I didn't know about on my Sonos.

Through the Internet and technology, anyone can now seek out any artist, composer or undefined niche of music they find interesting. All on their own, without even having to stand up or go anywhere.

I love Apple Music. I helped build Apple Music. It will always be a very, very big part of my life and part of the journey.

I listen to a lot of Pandora. I listen to the Hot 97 app.

Spotify was one of the first services that actually focuses on the consumer because they don't have to spend hundreds of dollars a year on music.

I think Spotify really does help. If you're going with the evolution of music these days, it's only becoming more and more popular and I don't think it's something to be shunned.

Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.