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Top 25 James Levine Quotes (2025 Update)

James Levine Quote: “We’re in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.”

1. “We’re in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.”

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James Levine Quote: “Second, if you’re the boss, just because they don’t ask doesn’t mean your employees don’t have needs.”

2. “Second, if you’re the boss, just because they don’t ask doesn’t mean your employees don’t have needs.”

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James Levine Quote: “But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.”

3. “But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.”

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James Levine Quote: “I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”

4. “I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”

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James Levine Quote: “And, over the last thirty years we have seen men’s participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women’s have stayed at about the same.”

5. “And, over the last thirty years we have seen men’s participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women’s have stayed at about the same.”

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James Levine Quote: “Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do.”

6. “Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do.”

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James Levine Quote: “Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.”

7. “Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.”

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James Levine Quote: “A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.”

8. “A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.”

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James Levine Quote: “Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.”

9. “Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.”

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James Levine Quote: “We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.”

10. “We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.”

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James Levine Quote: “The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.”

11. “The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.”

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James Levine Quote: “There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.”

12. “There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.”

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James Levine Quote: “Art has never been a popularity contest.”

13. “Art has never been a popularity contest.”

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James Levine Quote: “I think this orchestra’s strengths involve drama and voice.”

14. “I think this orchestra’s strengths involve drama and voice.”

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James Levine Quote: “I thought I’d write one book and the world would change overnight.”

15. “I thought I’d write one book and the world would change overnight.”

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James Levine Quote: “I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.”

16. “I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.”

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James Levine Quote: “Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.”

17. “Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.”

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James Levine Quote: “More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I’m still amazed at the number who aren’t and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom’s got to be the one who stays home, not dad.”

18. “More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I’m still amazed at the number who aren’t and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom’s got to be the one who stays home, not dad.”

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James Levine Quote: “So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.”

19. “So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.”

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James Levine Quote: “Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.”

20. “Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.”

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James Levine Quote: “And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.”

21. “And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.”

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James Levine Quote: “I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always.”

22. “I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always.”

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James Levine Quote: “It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.”

23. “It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.”

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James Levine Quote: “At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.”

24. “At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.”

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James Levine Quote: “Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.”

25. “Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.”

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James Levine Quote: “I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.”

26. “I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.”

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James Levine Quote: “My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home.”

27. “My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home.”

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James Levine Quote: “It wasn’t that I ever knew I’d be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.”

28. “It wasn’t that I ever knew I’d be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.”

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James Levine Quote: “As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.”

29. “As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.”

— James Levine

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