The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

  • -- Ian MacKaye 伊恩·麦克凯耶

我第一次录音的时候,是在我的录音机里。听起来很棒。它的麻醉作用是如此强烈,令人愉悦。我说,‘你听起来像个乐队。然后,我的余生都在试图再次追逐那最初的快感。

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There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.

你我从来没有不存在过,我们也不会停止存在。正如一个人在童年、青年和老年时期都住在身体里一样,他在死时也获得了另一个身体。聪明人不会被这些变化所迷惑。

It is fun being a strong person. You feel invincible like you can face anything that comes your way. But you know what sucks being one ? Actually, it is really a damn thing because when people know that you are strong, they think that it is okay to hurt you, over and over again.

做一个坚强的人很有趣。你觉得自己所向无敌,就像你能面对任何事情一样。但你知道什么最糟糕吗?事实上,这真的是一件该死的事情,因为当人们知道你很坚强的时候,他们认为伤害你是可以的,一次又一次。

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

我真的不喜欢鞋子。我曾是一名职业第一夫人;我总是穿着帆布鞋。我确实培育了菲律宾的制鞋业,所以每次有鞋展,我都会收到一双鞋作为感谢。

The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists' discoveries, however old they may be, will never cease to astonish.

从伟大的小说中放射出来的光芒,时间永远不会暗淡,因为人类的存在总是被人类所遗忘,因此,小说家的发现,无论多么古老,永远不会停止使人惊讶。

I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey.

无论我走到哪里,我都会开玩笑……如果我一个人去餐馆,请放心,人们会谈论它。我总是和人们在一起很开心。这是旅程的一部分。

So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.

所以这只是一个例子,我得到了一堆我已经写了多年的歌,但没有一起录制,结果是我自己最好的敌人。

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

当然,思想开放的问题在于,人们会坚持走过去,并试图把东西放进去。

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

一个目标就是一个目标,不管它在哪个方向。我很高兴又开门见山了。

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.

这是一个词曲作者的梦想,有一首歌录制和运行的图表。

I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

我不想成为宇宙先生,但我想保持体形。