And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.

  • -- Evelyn Glennie 伊夫林·格兰妮

随着年龄的增长,我参加了伦敦皇家音乐学院的试镜,他们说,不,我们不接受你,因为我们对一个所谓的“聋人”音乐家的未来一无所知。我只是不能完全接受。

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On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb.

另一方面,在伦敦,你可以找到一些观众,他们希望舞蹈能走多远就走多远:他们已经看到了在一段时间内形成的思想砖块,因此,他们接受了那些看起来可能有点冒险的东西。

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.

西方的艺术音乐是通过个人的天才在其历史中发展起来的,而且是在支持他们的土壤中发展起来的;非西方音乐家诞生了,并像野草一样生长。

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No."

整个问题可以简单地通过问“音乐有意义吗?”我的回答是:“是的。”“你能用这么多的词来说明它的意思吗?”我的回答是,“不。”

An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it.

伦敦的一个勤杂工是最低等的。勤杂工就是茶水工。他会是狗的身体:意思是什么都愿意做的人。我对此早有准备,也很享受。

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

前卫音乐是一种研究性音乐。你很高兴有人这么做了,但你不一定想听。

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.

作为一名音乐家,我已经完成了我希望完成的事情。

I auditioned just for fun.

我试镜只是为了好玩。