It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

  • -- David Byrne 拜恩

我甚至没有想到,我是世界上最不应该演奏萨尔萨舞或巴西音乐的人。

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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.

我年轻时对黑人有一种特殊的感情。不知何故,他们能够从我看不到他们享受的事物中获得快乐。我听到他们唱了很多,但我没有听到白人在棉花地里唱那么多。

To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well.

要真正被一首歌所折磨,它需要的不仅仅是你不喜欢或得不到的东西;它必须钻到你的皮肤下面,让你起鸡皮疙瘩。奇怪的是,最后这句话也可以用来形容挑衅或大胆的音乐。

It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.

这并不是一条完全平坦的道路,但在整个过程中,我觉得自己是一个非常幸运的人。

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

如果不偏离常规,就不可能取得进展。