“If music serves to convey feelings through the interaction of physical gestures and sound, the musician needs his brain state to match the emotional state he is trying to express. Although the studies haven't been performed yet, I'm willing to… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“The lie that terrorists want you to believe is that you are in immediate and great peril.” — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“If music serves to convey feelings through the interaction of physical gestures and sound, the musician needs his brain state to match the emotional… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“The work of artists and scietists is ultimately the pursuit of truth, but members of both camps understand that truth is its very nature… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“Music communicates to us emotionally through systematic violations of expectations.” — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“Would they prefer to talk to the person next to them or sit quietly by themselves? Overwhelmingly, people said they’d rather sit by themselves—the… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“When they find out what I do for a living, many people tell me they love music listening, but their music lessons 'didn't take.'… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“Getting organized can bring us all to the next level in our lives. It’s the human condition to fall prey to old habits. We… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“Writing them down gives both implicit and explicit permission to the rehearsal loop to let them go, to relax its neural circuits so that… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
“Ten thousand years ago, humans plus their pets and livestock accounted for about 0.1% of the terrestrial vertebrate biomass inhabiting the earth; we now… — Daniel J. Levitin Copy Share Image
