Daniel Levitin Quotes

Music... is... a core element of our species, an activity that paved the way for more complex behaviors such as language, large-scale cooperative undertakings, and the passing down of important information from one generation to the next.

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• The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Movie

• I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Great
  • Music
  • Friends

• I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Important
  • Think
  • Christian

• There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Music
  • Moments
  • Influence

• I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Music
  • Me
  • Movies

• I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Music
  • Like
  • Artists

• I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.

  

  Yuna
  • World
  • Music
  • God

• We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • People
  • Important
  • Working Hard

• I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

  

  Barbara Kopple
  • People
  • Important
  • Think

• Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Good
  • Great
  • Steal

• I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

  

  Aaron Allston
  • Tradition
  • Feet
  • Stand

• We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Important
  • Why
  • Future

• Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Time
  • Music
  • Best

• Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Music
  • Game
  • Sports

• I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

  

  Pamela Stephenson
  • Life
  • Important
  • Choices

• It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • World
  • Music
  • Crazy

• I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Life
  • Work
  • Important

• The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Important
  • Power
  • Control

• I've got great joy from rediscovering Western music. I love Schumann and Chopin, and those amazing symphonies of Bruckner.

  

  John Tavener
  • Great
  • Music
  • Amazing

• I keep saying to everyone that one day I'll write a love song.

  

  Anne-Marie
  • Song

• I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Time
  • Fool
  • Firsts

• For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Time
  • Work
  • School

• When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Interesting
  • Space
  • Walking

• Music... is... a core element of our species, an activity that paved the way for more complex behaviors such as language, large-scale cooperative undertakings, and the passing down of important information from one generation to the next.

  

  Daniel Levitin
  • Music
  • Important