Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.

My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, ‘Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.’

I think Facebook’s biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook’s power users are overwhelmed with.

Gray hats are the ones who think they’re doing good, but they’re not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.

There’s definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes.

If I were worried about my reputation, I wouldn’t do anything with start-ups.

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they’ve heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.

I’ve never been much of a joiner.

You actually don’t want people thinking your product is cool, because then you’re a fad.

What comes after the revolution is inevitably bureaucracy. Whoever wins the revolution builds a bureaucracy.