I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it.
“At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.”
“It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him many times - that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.”