Quotes from Troy Carter

I was brought onboard to strengthen the bridge between Spotify and the music community.

The venture capital world is completely stacked against minority entrepreneurs.

You go into the venues, and there's a huge drop-off rate in the merch lines. People don't want to miss parts of the concert.

When you think about brands and movie studios and everybody who is trying to reach millennials, having a captive audience in the back of Lyft or an Uber is a pretty great place.

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.

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

Technology has long been the driver of growth in the music business from the invention of lacquers, eight-track players, vinyl, cassettes and CDs.

You can't make an artist like Lady Gaga. You can help support, you can help develop the vision - I think you can add to the vision - but you just can't make an artist like that. That's like saying Lebron James' high school coach made Lebron James.