--- title: "Best Daniel Levitin Quotations" description: "Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b189/author-daniel-levitin-2988.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b189/author-daniel-levitin-2988.jpg) # Daniel Levitin (1957) Psychologist United States **143** quotes in **699** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 4 > [The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-generally-rather-not-exert/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/daniel-levitin-2988_being_the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-g_1290972.png) > [Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing for resources in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook-every-tweet-or-text-message/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/daniel-levitin-2988_argument_every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook_2568289.png) > [There are people from lots of different fields in my department. In my lab, they come from computer science, education, psychophysics, psychology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/there-are-people-from-lots-of-different-fields-in-my-department-in-my/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Career](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/daniel-levitin-2988_career_there-are-people-from-lots-of-different_787086.png) > [If we are to appropriate money for roads, we need statistics on how bad our roads really are and, moreover, where more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/if-we-are-to-appropriate-money-for-roads-we-need-statistics-on-how/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/daniel-levitin-2988_bad_if-we-are-to-appropriate-money-for-roads_1282474.jpg) > [Through studies of music and the brain, we've learned to map out specific areas involved in emotion, timing, and perception - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/through-studies-of-music-and-the-brain-we-ve-learned-to-map-out/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/daniel-levitin-2988_brain_through-studies-of-music-and-the-brain-w_1438957.png) > [If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/if-you-re-studying-from-a-book-and-trying-to-listen-in-on-a/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/daniel-levitin-2988_attention_if-you-re-studying-from-a-book-and-tryin_219037.png) > [Love is about feeling that there is something bigger than just ourselves and our own worries and existence. Whether it is love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/love-is-about-feeling-that-there-is-something-bigger-than-just/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Bigger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/daniel-levitin-2988_bigger_love-is-about-feeling-that-there-is-some_2297447.png) > [I became interested in structure when I was in graduate school. How is it that the brain perceives structure in a sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/i-became-interested-in-structure-when-i-was-in-graduate-school-how-is/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Architecture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architecture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/daniel-levitin-2988_architecture_i-became-interested-in-structure-when-i_2692660.png) > [Google is a company whose very existence depends on innovation - on inventing things that are new and didn't exist before -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/google-is-a-company-whose-very-existence-depends-on-innovation-on/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/daniel-levitin-2988_business_google-is-a-company-whose-very-existence_1605165.png) > [Of the thousands of ways that humans differ from one another, turns out there's this one cluster of traits called conscientiousness that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/of-the-thousands-of-ways-that-humans-differ-from-one-another-turns/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Conscientiousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscientiousness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/daniel-levitin-2988_conscientiousness_of-the-thousands-of-ways-that-humans-dif_2159556.png) > [Many of us feel as though we are overloaded and overwhelmed by all the things that are happening, and we can't stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/many-of-us-feel-as-though-we-are-overloaded-and-overwhelmed-by-all/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/more/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/daniel-levitin-2988_more_many-of-us-feel-as-though-we-are-overloa_2265246.png) > [The state-of-the-art techniques really allowed us to make maps of how Sting's brain organizes music. That's important because at the heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-state-of-the-art-techniques-really-allowed-us-to-make-maps-of-how/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/daniel-levitin-2988_brain_the-state-of-the-art-techniques-really-a_2895603.png) > [Similarly, dance is not just a raging sea of unrelated bodily movements; the relationship of those movements to one another is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/similarly-dance-is-not-just-a-raging-sea-of-unrelated-bodily/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/daniel-levitin-2988_brain_similarly-dance-is-not-just-a-raging-sea_2838581.jpg) > [Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/procrastination-comes-in-two-types-some-of-us-procrastinate-in-order/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Delay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/daniel-levitin-2988_delay_procrastination-comes-in-two-types-some_47634.png) > [We used to think that you could pay attention to five to nine things at a time. We now know that's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-used-to-think-that-you-could-pay-attention-to-five-to-nine-things/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/daniel-levitin-2988_attention_we-used-to-think-that-you-could-pay-atte_1604794.png) > [Two sides to a story exist when evidence exists on both sides of a position. Then, reasonable people may disagree about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/two-sides-to-a-story-exist-when-evidence-exists-on-both-sides-of-a/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Evidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/daniel-levitin-2988_evidence_two-sides-to-a-story-exist-when-evidence_3092678.png) > [Music and dance have also always been a communal activity, something that everyone participated in. The thought of a musical concert in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/music-and-dance-have-also-always-been-a-communal-activity-something/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Communal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/daniel-levitin-2988_communal_music-and-dance-have-also-always-been-a_2150772.jpg) > [Whenever humans come together for any reason, music is there: weddings, funerals, graduation from college, men marching off to war, stadium sporting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/whenever-humans-come-together-for-any-reason-music-is-there-weddings/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [College](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/daniel-levitin-2988_college_whenever-humans-come-together-for-any-re_1573676.png) > [We need to support the media by subscribing to newspapers and magazines and supporting their advertisers to stay in business. And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/we-need-to-support-the-media-by-subscribing-to-newspapers-and/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/daniel-levitin-2988_business_we-need-to-support-the-media-by-subscrib_1341535.jpg) > [Approximating involves making a series of educated guesses systematically by partitioning the problem into manageable chunks, identifying assumptions, and then using your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/approximating-involves-making-a-series-of-educated-guesses/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Assumptions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assumptions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/daniel-levitin-2988_assumptions_approximating-involves-making-a-series-o_1393195.png) > [Healthy breaks can hit the reset button in your brain, restoring some of the glucose and other metabolic nutrients used up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/healthy-breaks-can-hit-the-reset-button-in-your-brain-restoring-some/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/daniel-levitin-2988_brain_healthy-breaks-can-hit-the-reset-button_1919507.jpg) > [Getting new information through Web-surfing almost always feels more rewarding than having to generate new information in the work that is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/getting-new-information-through-web-surfing-almost-always-feels-more/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Information](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/information/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/daniel-levitin-2988_information_getting-new-information-through-web-surf_1201882.png) > [Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/having-learned-something-we-tend-to-cling-to-that-belief-even-in-the/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/daniel-levitin-2988_belief_having-learned-something-we-tend-to-clin_1425547.jpg) ## Daniel Levitin by topic [Brain (38)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/daniel-levitin/) [Music (23)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/daniel-levitin/) [Time (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/daniel-levitin/) [People (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/daniel-levitin/) [Information (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/information/daniel-levitin/) [World (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/daniel-levitin/) [Song (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/daniel-levitin/) [Thinking (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/daniel-levitin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/#itemlist", "name": "Daniel Levitin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Levitin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-generally-rather-not-exert/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/daniel-levitin-2988_being_the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-g_1290972.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/daniel-levitin-2988_being_the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-g_1290972.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/daniel-levitin-2988_being_the-rest-seeking-procrastinators-would-g_1290972.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task…” — Daniel Levitin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing for resources in your brain with important things like whether to put your savings in stocks or bonds, where you left your passport, or how best to reconcile with a close friend you just had an argument with.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Levitin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook-every-tweet-or-text-message/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/daniel-levitin-2988_argument_every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook_2568289.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/daniel-levitin-2988_argument_every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook_2568289.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/daniel-levitin-2988_argument_every-status-update-you-read-on-facebook_2568289.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing…” — Daniel Levitin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are people from lots of different fields in my department. 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