Ken Lombard Starbucks Quotations

We're here for those 33 million customers a week worldwide that make up a huge part of the disenfranchised customer base, who don't even know where to buy the music if they hear it. But our customers are not going to walk into their favorite Starbucks store and feel as if it's been converted into a music store.

You go through a tremendous amount of emotion, every emotion possible, when you see this film. You're laughing, you're crying. This is a great film we feel our customers are going to love. ... It's what Starbucks is all about.

Everyone at Starbucks Hear Music feels a strong emotional connection to Genius Loves Company, ... We truly appreciate the recognition the Recording Academy has given this album and are thrilled by the response the public has shown to this project.

The goal of our 'Hear Music Debut' CD series is to introduce talented, emerging artists to music fans seeking unique, new music experiences. The incredible response by Starbucks customers to Antigone Rising reflects not only our customers' strong appetite for discovering quality music but also demonstrates Starbucks' ability to leverage our unique marketing and distribution platform to the benefit of sales at traditional retail. We are extremely pleased to be working with Lava to share this special album with traditional music retailers seeking new and exciting music choices for their customers.