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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.

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.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either.

Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative music in the world for the sake of success. That's what the music business does to you. That's what capitalism does to you.

Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair.

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.