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# Daniel Levitin

(1957)   Psychologist   United States

 **143** quotes in **699** categories

Daniel Levitin explains that music can convey complex emotions that words often miss. He notes that organizing time well lets us focus, finish tasks, and feel less exhausted. He also points out that repeated exposure to Western tonal patterns trains our brain to predict what comes next in a song.

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Daniel Levitin is a psychologist from the United States, best known for *Music As Medicine*.

## Quick Facts About Daniel Levitin

Born December 27, 1957

Nationality United States

Profession Psychologist

Notable works Music As Medicine

## About Daniel Levitin

Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.

## Awards & Honors

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

##  Quotes by Daniel Levitin

> [No other species lives with regret over past events, or makes deliberate plans for future ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/no-other-species-lives-with-regret-over-past-events-or-makes/)

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[Deliberate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deliberate/)

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> [I became a cognitive psychologist because I met a bunch of teachers I really liked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-became-a-cognitive-psychologist-because-i-met-a-bunch-of-teachers-i/)

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> [You're entitled your own opinions, but you're not entitled to your own facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/you-re-entitled-your-own-opinions-but-you-re-not-entitled-to-your-own/)

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> [The processing capacity of the conscious mind has been estimated at 120 bits per second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-processing-capacity-of-the-conscious-mind-has-been-estimated-at/)

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> [“During our leisure time, not counting work, each of us processes 34 gigabytes or 100,000 words every day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/during-our-leisure-time-not-counting-work-each-of-us-processes-34/)

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[Every day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-day/)

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> [We've always known that music is good for improving your mood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-ve-always-known-that-music-is-good-for-improving-your-mood/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [I've always been interested in peak performance, why some people do better in life than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-peak-performance-why-some-people-do/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

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> [Our bodies like rhythm and our brains like melody and harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/our-bodies-like-rhythm-and-our-brains-like-melody-and-harmony/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [When you're at work, be fully at work. And let your leisure time be what it's meant to be - restorative and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/when-you-re-at-work-be-fully-at-work-and-let-your-leisure-time-be/)

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[Fun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fun/)

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> [When people silo themselves by belief, only affiliating with like-minded media organizations and people, we lose the opportunity for genuine conversation, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/when-people-silo-themselves-by-belief-only-affiliating-with-like/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/in-a-country-that-was-still-racially-segregated-and-prejudiced-music/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [I believe in an informed electorate, and we need to teach our children to become informed enough to have opinions on world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-believe-in-an-informed-electorate-and-we-need-to-teach-our-children/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [Our to-do lists are so full that we can't hope to complete every item on them. So what do we do? We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/our-to-do-lists-are-so-full-that-we-can-t-hope-to-complete-every-item/)

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[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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> [Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/librarians-are-more-important-than-ever-before-are-uniquely-qualified/)

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[Data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/data/)

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> [Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/maybe-instead-of-asking-political-candidates-to-submit-tax-returns-we/)

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> [Many people say some of their best ideas come from dreams. Arguably the greatest Beatles song, 'Yesterday,' came to Paul McCartney in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/many-people-say-some-of-their-best-ideas-come-from-dreams-arguably/)

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[Beatles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/)

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> [We need to blinker ourselves, to better monitor our attentional focus. Enforced periods of no email or Internet to allow us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-need-to-blinker-ourselves-to-better-monitor-our-attentional-focus/)

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> [Yes, there were piano bands and great rock pianists, from Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard to Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/yes-there-were-piano-bands-and-great-rock-pianists-from-jerry-lee/)

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[Electric guitar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electric-guitar/)

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> [When do you suppose the electric guitar was invented? If you thought the 1950s, you'd be wrong. If you can muster a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/when-do-you-suppose-the-electric-guitar-was-invented-if-you-thought/)

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> [Although I don't know Paul McCartney, a mutual friend told me that Paul was reading my book, This Is Your Brain on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/although-i-don-t-know-paul-mccartney-a-mutual-friend-told-me-that/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [The conscious mind can only pay attention to about four things at once. If you've got these nagging voices in your head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-conscious-mind-can-only-pay-attention-to-about-four-things-at/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [Workers in government, the arts, and industry report that the sheer volume of email they receive is overwhelming, taking a huge bite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/workers-in-government-the-arts-and-industry-report-that-the-sheer/)

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> [Across a range of inferences involving not just language but mathematics, logic problems, and spatial reasoning, sleep has been shown to enhance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/across-a-range-of-inferences-involving-not-just-language-but/)

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[Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/)

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> [As soon as you hear a proposition, the creative brain in humans assumes for the moment that it's true, and starts trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/as-soon-as-you-hear-a-proposition-the-creative-brain-in-humans/)

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[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [People are trying to build a society where they can talk across the aisle so to speak, and have civil discourse. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/people-are-trying-to-build-a-society-where-they-can-talk-across-the/)

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[Better life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-life/)

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> [Although it is easier to find information these days, it is easier than ever before to find misinformation, pseudo-facts, unsupported and fringe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/although-it-is-easier-to-find-information-these-days-it-is-easier/)

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[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-emerging-picture-from-such-studies-is-that-ten-thousand-hours-of/)

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[Accomplished](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplished/)

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> [The most important, the longest lasting, the strongest emotional, and the most practiced memories are the ones that are embedded the deepest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-most-important-the-longest-lasting-the-strongest-emotional-and/)

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> [The brain has an attentional mode called the "mind wandering mode" that was only recently identified. This is when thoughts move seamlessly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-brain-has-an-attentional-mode-called-the-mind-wandering-mode-that/)

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[Allowing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowing/)

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> [Most of what we know we don't really know first hand. I've never seen a cancer cell. But I trust this community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/most-of-what-we-know-we-don-t-really-know-first-hand-i-ve-never-seen/)

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> [Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/decision-making-is-difficult-because-by-its-nature-it-involves/)

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> [The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-obvious-rule-of-efficiency-is-you-don-t-want-to-spend-more-time/)

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> [Lies are an absence of facts and, in many cases, a direct contradiction of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/lies-are-an-absence-of-facts-and-in-many-cases-a-direct-contradiction/)

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> [Most jobs require some degree of creativity and flexible thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/most-jobs-require-some-degree-of-creativity-and-flexible-thinking/)

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> [In order to understand one person speaking to us, we need to process 60 bits of information per second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/in-order-to-understand-one-person-speaking-to-us-we-need-to-process/)

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> [Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/information-overload-refers-to-the-notion-that-we-re-trying-to-take/)

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> [We're not the best, but we happen to be what evolution came up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-re-not-the-best-but-we-happen-to-be-what-evolution-came-up-with/)

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> [We're making more and more decisions every day. I think a lot of us feel overloaded by the process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-re-making-more-and-more-decisions-every-day-i-think-a-lot-of-us/)

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[Decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision/)

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> [Another possibility is that evolution selected creativity in general as a marker of sexual fitness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/another-possibility-is-that-evolution-selected-creativity-in-general/)

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[Biology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/)

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> [Evolution doesn't just look for things that are fun; if it did, we'd know how to fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/evolution-doesn-t-just-look-for-things-that-are-fun-if-it-did-we-d/)

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## Daniel Levitin by topic

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