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# Daniel Levitin

(1957)   Psychologist   United States

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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 · Page 2

> [I'm not a great guitarist, and I'm not a great singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-m-not-a-great-guitarist-and-i-m-not-a-great-singer/)

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> [We can be skeptical, suitably skeptical, and we can trust news outlets, some more than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-can-be-skeptical-suitably-skeptical-and-we-can-trust-news-outlets/)

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> [The phrase 'fake news' sounds too playful, too much like a schoolchild faking illness to get out of a test.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-phrase-fake-news-sounds-too-playful-too-much-like-a-schoolchild/)

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> [Americans spend more money on music than on sex or prescription drugs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/americans-spend-more-money-on-music-than-on-sex-or-prescription-drugs/)

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> [I like a world where each of us has the tools to be able to make able to make our own decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-like-a-world-where-each-of-us-has-the-tools-to-be-able-to-make-able/)

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> [Music has got to be useful for survival, or we would have gotten rid of it years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/music-has-got-to-be-useful-for-survival-or-we-would-have-gotten-rid/)

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> [Some people like very predictable melodies, and others prefer the less likely notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/some-people-like-very-predictable-melodies-and-others-prefer-the-less/)

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> [What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/what-music-is-better-able-to-do-than-language-is-to-represent-the/)

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> [The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-most-fundamental-principle-of-the-organized-mind-the-one-most/)

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> [Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/brain-extenders-are-anything-that-get-information-out-of-our-heads/)

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> [The amount of scientific information we've discovered in the last twenty years is more than all the discoveries up to that point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-amount-of-scientific-information-we-ve-discovered-in-the-last/)

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> [Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the 'feel good' neurotransmitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/singing-and-dancing-have-been-shown-to-modulate-brain-chemistry/)

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> [What makes a set of lines and colors into art is the relationship between this line and that one; the way one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/what-makes-a-set-of-lines-and-colors-into-art-is-the-relationship/)

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> [The electric guitar and its players hold a place of privilege in the annals of rock music. It is the engine, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-electric-guitar-and-its-players-hold-a-place-of-privilege-in-the/)

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> [Anything you care about, from vacation plans to exercise to the best Ethiopian restaurant, is going to be guided by your individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/anything-you-care-about-from-vacation-plans-to-exercise-to-the-best/)

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> [The first forms of writing emerged not for art, literature, or love, not for spiritual or liturgical purposes, but for business--all literature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-first-forms-of-writing-emerged-not-for-art-literature-or-love-not/)

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> [Critical thinking is not something you do once with an issue and then drop it. It requires that we update our knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/critical-thinking-is-not-something-you-do-once-with-an-issue-and-then/)

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> [Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/ten-thousand-hours-is-equivalent-to-roughly-three-hours-a-day-or-20/)

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> [We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-need-to-take-a-step-back-and-realize-that-not-everything-we/)

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> [A song playing comprises a very specific and vivid set of memory cues. Because the multiple-trace memory models assume that context is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/a-song-playing-comprises-a-very-specific-and-vivid-set-of-memory-cues/)

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> [Out of 30,000 edible plants thought to exist on earth, just eleven account for 93% of all that humans eat: oats, corn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/out-of-30-000-edible-plants-thought-to-exist-on-earth-just-eleven/)

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> [I don't think we should have less information in the world. The information age has yielded great advances in medicine, agriculture, transportation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-don-t-think-we-should-have-less-information-in-the-world-the/)

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> [There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/there-s-an-ancient-connection-between-movement-and-music-most/)

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> [Those dabs of paint and lines become art when form and flow are created out of lower-level perceptual elements. When they combine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/those-dabs-of-paint-and-lines-become-art-when-form-and-flow-are/)

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> [If you don't get a good night's sleep, the events of the day are not properly encoded in memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/if-you-don-t-get-a-good-night-s-sleep-the-events-of-the-day-are-not/)

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> [When a language advances and adds a third term to its lexicon for color, the third term is always red.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/when-a-language-advances-and-adds-a-third-term-to-its-lexicon-for/)

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> [Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/even-though-we-think-we-re-getting-a-lot-done-ironically-multitasking/)

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> [People have different styles: Some are filers and some are pilers. The people who pile things often know exactly where things are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/people-have-different-styles-some-are-filers-and-some-are-pilers-the/)

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> [That daydreaming mode turns out to be restorative. It's like hitting the reset button in your brain. And you don't get in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/that-daydreaming-mode-turns-out-to-be-restorative-it-s-like-hitting/)

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> [I actually became a producer because I saw the producers getting all the babes. They were stealing them from the guitarists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-actually-became-a-producer-because-i-saw-the-producers-getting-all/)

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> [The kind of people who become graphic artists may not be mathematically inclined. They're artists, artistically inclined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-kind-of-people-who-become-graphic-artists-may-not-be/)

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> [One of the most important tools in critical thinking about numbers is to grant yourself permission to generate wrong answers to mathematical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/one-of-the-most-important-tools-in-critical-thinking-about-numbers-is/)

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> [There are not two sides to a story when one side is a lie. Journalists - and the rest of us -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/there-are-not-two-sides-to-a-story-when-one-side-is-a-lie-journalists/)

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> [The mammalian brain evolved exquisite place memory because that was essential for survival. This is why squirrels have such a good memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-mammalian-brain-evolved-exquisite-place-memory-because-that-was/)

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> [When it comes to snowing people, one effective technique is to get a whole bunch of verifiable facts right and then add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/when-it-comes-to-snowing-people-one-effective-technique-is-to-get-a/)

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> [People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/people-who-organize-their-time-in-a-way-that-allows-them-to-focus-are/)

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> [I reject the notion of a post-truth area. I don't believe there is such a thing, and we shouldn't accept that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-reject-the-notion-of-a-post-truth-area-i-don-t-believe-there-is/)

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> [I think we've debunked the myth of talent. It doesn't appear that there's anything like a music gene or center in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-think-we-ve-debunked-the-myth-of-talent-it-doesn-t-appear-that/)

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> [Unfortunately, often found next to things that are true are an enormous number of things that are not - in websites, videos,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/unfortunately-often-found-next-to-things-that-are-true-are-an/)

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> [Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/because-our-ancestors-lived-in-social-groups-that-changed-slowly/)

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