Daniel Levitin Quotes
Music has got to be useful for survival, or we would have gotten rid of it years ago.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the coal mine, the cotton field, and last, but certainly foremost, the boy's boarding school.
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I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three-month radio tours and if I'll be interested in that. I haven't figured it out, but I will definitely be doing music, whether it is independent or with a major record label.
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I'm not turning my back on music anytime soon, but it's just a blessing to have options open. A lot of artists just have rap, and that's it. But once rap stops, it's hard to get into that Hollywood circle; it really is. It's a whole 'nother beast that people think they're ready for, but they're really not.
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When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I had to play the left-hand part with two hands, because my hands was so little. Then as I grew up and I learned how to play the left-hand part with one hand, she showed me how to play the right-hand part, and et cetera. My Uncle Joe showed me how to play a little bit different boogie stuff. I had people in my family that was professional musicians, but I just wasn't interested in what they did. I wasn't very open-minded to a lot of music that I'd be more open to today.
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Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we dislike the soaring national debt.
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Music has got to be useful for survival, or we would have gotten rid of it years ago.
