A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

  • -- Tom Glazer 汤姆·格雷泽

在大多数情况下,老民歌的一个特点是我们不知道它们的作曲家或作者。较老的民歌通常没有商业目的。他们是口口相传的,代代相传。

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It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, 'That's next chapter, don't worry about it!' I don't think the workshop is set up so well to do that for novels.

买小说可能很难,因为作为作者,你可能会有任何问题或疑虑,比如,“这是下一章,别担心!”他说,我认为这个工作室的设置不适合写小说。

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

我喜欢亨德里克斯。我是说,真的,真的爱他。好像他是一位伟大的古典作曲家。和他。我就是这样看他的。

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

我从未见过一部小说,尽管根据作者的政治观点进行了改编,但仍能写得很好。

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.

尤其是俄国作曲家,把交响乐团弄得充满活力和节奏。