Music Libraries Quotes

What we feel, especially in the streaming area, especially in the services area, is that you need curation.

When I began playing the lute, in 1950 there were not too many lutenists around. I had to work hard, writing out music in museums and libraries. It was before the days of photocopying. And I had just picked up the lute, adapted my guitar technique to it and went from there.

My James Taylor albums sat quite comfortably next to my Rush and Aerosmith collections.

My kids don't really buy albums. They buy singles.

Because we grew up in Australia, to find information about a lot of blues guys, I used to go to the library and find the jazz magazines. They didn't even sell them at the time in news agents and stuff.

I almost never listen to the radio.

I still buy CDs and DVDs, but generally for more obscure material.

With iTunes and Spotify and Pandora and this and that, you don't need to buy CDs any more.

I don't even remember the last time I bought an album, honestly.

Music subscriptions will eventually replace music collections because the digital universe is oriented against the idea of ownership - because music ownership is itself the eight-track of the Internet.

The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music.