James Levine Quotes

I really rely on sleep, and some people call me 'The Bear' for my hibernating.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

I would sleep 12 hours a day if I could.

Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you're going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I'm up at 5:30 the next day.

I have to make sure I get eight hours of solid sleep a night.

The only thing I'm obsessed with is sleeping. I'm really good at it and if I don't do it I'm horrible.

I prefer eight hours of sound sleep at night. But on days when I can't, I try not to fuss about it and keep taking power naps through the day.

What I recommend is this: after you've talked to everybody, go take a nap! Take a nap. Your body really needs to sleep. It's like washing your face. If you can't afford a three-hour nap, do a one-hour nap. If you can't afford a one-hour nap, do half an hour. If you can't afford half an hour, do fifteen minutes.

I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better.

I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But a girl can always dream.

I get as much sleep as possible. When I get home, I have just enough energy to lay out my clothes and go to bed.

A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.

I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

Sunday I try to make up for some sleep I lost the week before and bank some for the next week.

I get very, very little sleep.

I've learned to live without sleep.

I sleep 14 hours a day. That helps me get the energy you see on the pitch.

If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more sleep that is needed.

I will occasionally take power naps on weekends and agree that they can be re-energizing.

I try to get eight or nine hours of sleep a night, and if I don't, I'll make sure to take a nap.