Alan W. Livingston Quotes

United States, Businessman
October 15, 1917 – March, 13, 2009.

Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets. As Vice-President in charge of Programming at NBC, in 1959 he oversaw the development and launch of the network's most successful television series, Bonanza.

I decided to combine my musical background, business education and creative abilities - and go into the record business.

Alan W. Livingston
- Business
- Education
I don't like to leave anything unfinished. I have an absolute need to see that every phone call is returned, every letter answered.

Alan W. Livingston

My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education.

Alan W. Livingston
- She
- Mother
- Father
I've always been very attentive to detail. It's a characteristic that drives some people crazy. But on the other hand, when people around me are sloppy, that drives me crazy.

Alan W. Livingston
- People
- Hand
- Crazy
I read somewhere once that you could be whatever you wanted. As long as I could remember, I was determined to make my way in the big world. And that meant New York.

Alan W. Livingston
- World
- Long
- Remember