Daniel Ek Quotes

I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The only way to solve the problem was to create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry - that gave us Spotify.

Daniel Ek

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MusicTimeServiceBetterHelpYou

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.

Jenny Shipley

LifeMeYouSeeBeingActually

I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.'

Andrew Luck

PatriotBattlesFictionHistorical

I think what actors have to do, what performers have to do to emotionally get to that place and have a camera and have your face 20 feet high on a screen, is such an incredible thing.

John Hillcoat

FeetFaceThinkCameraPlaceHigh

I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.

Matt Smith

VillainBondHandsomeEnoughMaybe

Trying to convince Warner Bros. to make a $30 million 'Veronica Mars' movie just wasn't going to happen, for understandable reasons.

Rob Thomas

TryingMarsHappenConvinceGoing

I was disinclined to have the status of a writer.

Michel Faber

StatusWriter

Cyclists need to obey the Highway Code, not run red lights, and not ride with iPods on, and motorists need to be more respectful and look out for cyclists.

Lizzie Armitstead

RideRedLookLightsRunNeed

We just try to find stories that are interesting to us.

Christopher Miller

InterestingFindTryUsJust

I had been exposed to bitcoin early. I thought the consumer application of it felt, to me, further away. I thought there would be faster adoption of the blockchain in the enterprise space and with banks.

Brad Garlinghouse

SpaceMeThoughtEarlyBlockchain

Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.

Arthur Bloch

FriendsCome And GoGoEnemiesCome

Well, I thought the Sex Pistols were the cream of the crop. They came in and topped everybody, for sure. They took all the existing strands and made a perfect package out of them.

Richard Hell

ThoughtPerfectSexOutWellSure

When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.

Marilyn Monroe

MeWorldThinkLovedYouHouse

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