Music Quote by Andy Taylor

There’s a politely radical premise baked into Andy Taylor’s line: music used to be something you were granted, now it’s something you go get. The “great thing” isn’t sound quality or even convenience; it’s agency. “Find and consume” reads almost like a mission statement for the post-album era, where the listener is no longer tethered to a radio gatekeeper, a record-store clerk, or whatever happened to be stocked in the mall. The verb choice matters. “Find” implies a scavenger hunt, a world of niches and rabbit holes. “Consume” is colder, more transactional: music as an endless stream, less an artifact you own than a habit you feed.

That tension is the subtext. The internet is framed as liberation, but the phrasing hints at the cost of that freedom: speed, volume, and appetite replacing patience and curation. It’s a compliment that doubles as a quiet shrug at how music has been reclassified from an event to a utility. You don’t “live with” a record; you “consume” tracks, playlists, vibes.

Contextually, it’s a line that makes sense from anyone who watched the center of gravity shift from labels and broadcasters to search bars and recommendation engines. It nods to discovery culture, fandom micro-communities, and the long tail of obscure genres. It also leaves unspoken the other half of the internet’s bargain: the same system that helps listeners “find” music also trains them to treat it as infinitely replaceable.