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Yeah, he would skip class

and sit home

And download music

and he was always complaining

About how unreliable

the technology was.

Where was his,

what were his favorite bands?

I don't know. He listened to

a lot of really weird stuff.

I had very incompatible

tastes with him.

But, um...

like every roommate in college.

Yeah, which, it, that's why

it was a struggle.

I didn't want to make it

any easier

For him to find that music.

But no and he, you know,

he was complaining a lot

And that sort of signaled

me that

There was a potential uh,

there's a problem

That could be solved

and i just looked into it

And um, came up

with the solution,

Which ultimately

Became napster.

It felt like, you know,

this way of sharing media

Between people

Could be used

for sharing anything.

We started with music,

but it made sense

That it could work

for anything else.

It also felt like...

this whole model f

or sharing media

Was superior to like,

Going and buying an album.

Being able to uh, both... um...

buy tracks as singles

Or share them with your friends

And find stuff

your friends like,

Uh, and then being able to uh,

you know...

basically, to have access

to the entire universe

Of recorded music.

Where independent creators

Could publish directly.

It just seemed from every,

in every way,

It seemed like a better system.

So, i would spend

a weekend working on it

You know, every time

i had to go back to school,

I'd kind of drag myself back.

Two days would become

three days.

I'd miss a day of classes,

I'd miss two days of classes.

It was just becoming

more and more difficult

For me to get myself

back to school

With any enthusiasm.

My cousin was actually

driving me back to school

And when i got there,

i thought about it

And finally realized

Just what a sense

of relief i had

When i thought about the idea of

just, just leaving.

And that was the last time

i really ever came close

To the campus.

Didn't pick up any of my stuff.

Didn't tell my, my roommates.

Just, just went back

and i remember just feeling

So excited.

He came in and he was just like,

I need to talk to you guys,

its really important.

And i go, okay,

shawn and so he came in

And uh, he says, uh...

you're not going to be

happy about this.

And he was looking at me

and i'm like what?

And he was like, '

i'm gonna drop out of school'.

And i said, 'oh no!'

Why would you do that?

And he's, you don't understand.

I have this idea,

i have to go with it now.

I have to do it now.

It's now or never.

I feel like this is

the time for me to do it.

And i don't think

you'll be disappointed.

I actually spent time working

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