The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful.
I think when you go to a store and you go to the Justin Timberlake page and stream it from there, that's great, but that means you went to the store. iTunes Radio lets you discover it without you having to think about it.
Make music a service that's easy to consume, and there'll be plenty of money for everyone.
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
If you wake up in the morning and your favorite artist isn't on the service that you're paying ten dollars a month for, sooner or later you lose faith in the subscription model.
Apple Music is about getting things early and pushing them out.
I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.
I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.
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.
Apple Music is a living, breathing brand.
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new 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 remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'.
People are experimenting with streaming, with subscription services, whether it's a Spotify or a Pandora or a Rdio.
I remember, when I was a kid, my dad would subscribe to the BMG Music Club, and we got that initial 12 CDs for a penny... I think it was cassettes. Eight CDs or 12 cassettes, something like that.
Apple Music is a big idea, and it's going to take some time to fulfill its overall dream.
The addition of Beats will make our music lineup even better, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to a world-class subscription service in Beats, and of course buying music from the iTunes Store as customers have loved to do for years.
I use Spotify to listen to music when I am taking a shower and when I am doing projects.
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.
I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star.
I love Rebel Rebel in Manhattan's West Village for vinyl, but record stores are hard to come by these days. I almost don't even use iTunes. I mostly use music subscription services. But I'll go into Rebel Rebel once a month or so and buy everything I love on vinyl.
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.
I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.
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.
A music service needs to be more than a bunch of songs and a few playlists.
