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Quotes from This is Your Brain on Music — Daniel Levitin

born 1957 United States

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So much of the research on musical expertise has looked for accomplishment in the wrong place, in the facility of the fingers rather than the expressiveness of emotion.

This is Your Brain on Music (2006)

Music's evolutionary origin is established because it is present across all humans; it has been around for a long time; it involves specialized brain structures... and it is analogous to music making in other species.

This is Your Brain on Music (2006)

The multiple reinforcing cues of a good song—rhythm, melody, contour—cause music to stick in our heads. That is the reason why many ancient myths, epics, and even the Old Testament were set to music in preparation for being passed down by oral tradition across generations.

This is Your Brain on Music (2006)

For language to be generative, children must not be learning by rote. Music is also generative. For every musical phrase I hear, I can always add a note... to generate a new musical phrase.

This is Your Brain on Music (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniel Levitin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.