Quotes About Sharing

I love that experience of seeing a bad movie or a movie that you don't even know, and then experiencing it with your friend.

The whole point of music is being able to share your story.

Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing

You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.

Musicians should never forget that we're blessed. We have a special gift that people can enjoy through us. We've had the good fortune to receive this and pass it along to others.

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing.

I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.

People equated burning CDs with theft. That's not what burning CDs is. Theft is about acquiring the music from the Internet.

The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is when someone says, 'Hey, check out this new band...'

Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No.

An intelligent person feels guilty for downloading music without paying the musician, but they use this free-open-culture ideology to cover it.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

I love what I do. I was given the most incredible gift that can be given to anyone. I could never imagine a world without music, and I feel grateful that I've been given the ability to share that.

Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)

What does sharing music mean? It means playing it for people.

I'm an amateur at music and an amateur at most things. I like the idea of offering some music and some records and a website to people who feel perplexed.

I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.

What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.

Music begins and ends in the air - it's got to be shared.