Daniel Levitin Quotes

Music changed more between 1963 and 1969 than it has in the 37 years since, with the Beatles among the architects of that change.

Daniel Levitin

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• Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Fear
  • Light
  • Dark

• I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

  

  E. P. Thompson
  • Care
  • Leadership
  • Forced

• To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • You
  • Difference
  • Driven

• I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Morning
  • Magic
  • Movies

• Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • People
  • Great
  • Children

• I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Writing
  • Private

• I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.

  

  Carl Weathers
  • Life
  • Work
  • Home

• When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Interesting
  • Reading
  • Language

• Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Goal
  • Gift
  • Adulthood

• No man may make another free.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • May
  • Man
  • Free

• I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • People
  • Believe
  • Free

• If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • May
  • Style
  • Failure

• I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Focus
  • Best

• I didn't particularly like being objectified.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Like
  • Being
  • Particularly

• When you're rich you don't write checks.

  

  Randy Moss
  • You
  • Write
  • Rich

• As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Food
  • Control
  • Living

• I've been very lucky.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Lucky
  • Very
  • Been

• Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Truth
  • Society
  • Strong

• I think it is very important to have a life off the court, and to me, it wasn't that hard to balance tennis and a relationship.

  

  Caroline Wozniacki
  • Life
  • Important
  • Relationship

• AOL invented social networking.

  

  Jeff Bewkes

• I had trouble finding my next goal after winning a gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, but the interest of the public and my fans in me got even bigger. I wanted to get away from the pressure, even for a single day.

  

  Kim Yuna
  • Single
  • Winning
  • Gold

• Content is supposed to be king. But in the world of electronic devices, Apple seems to be placing the crown on its own head, apparently believing that its iPad and iPhone are more important to customers than the books, movies, and music they store on them.

  

  Daniel Lyons
  • World
  • Music
  • Important

• It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

  

  Kelly Jones
  • Music

• Music changed more between 1963 and 1969 than it has in the 37 years since, with the Beatles among the architects of that change.

  

  Daniel Levitin
  • Music