Rockonomics Quotes

“Music, more than money, is the tonic of happiness. Music helps to create moments and social occasions, memories and emotions. This is the secret of music, and it is the reason that, as Neil Young famously sang, “rock and roll will never die.”
― Alan B. Krueger, Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life

“Amazon's founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, once told me that he is often asked, 'What's going to change in the future?' But he is rarely asked, 'What is not going to change?' 'That second question is actually more important than the first,' he said, 'because you can build a strategy around it.”
― Alan Krueger, Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life

“Americans spend more on potato chips than on recorded music.”
― Alan B. Krueger, Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life

“To truly understand and appreciate music, you need to understand economics.”
― Alan B. Krueger, Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life