I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

  • -- Carlisle Floyd 卡莱尔·弗洛伊德

我发现有一种音乐很适合我;我从来没有想过要写学术上可以接受的音乐。

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I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.

我不想做儿童音乐。我写童谣,但是我写的童谣是给我的孩子听的——比如当我哄他们上床睡觉的时候。我们唱一些我们自己编的歌,但我不想录制这样的唱片。

Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.'

学术表现得好像它们很重要,但当某些东西是学术性的,它就没有意义了。人们说,‘这是学术性的,现在让我们完成工作吧。’

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

那是悲伤的音乐。但它像一面战旗一样挥动着它的悲伤。它说宇宙已经做了它所能做的一切,但你还活着。

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

新音乐或现代音乐节的学术领域一点也不吸引我。

I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires.

我过去常常事先把事情写出来。但有时事与愿违。

What's really fun is to write under different names.

真正有趣的是用不同的名字写作。