"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art."

Source: Taylor Swift takes a stand over Spotify music royalties by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2014.