Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.

  • -- Will Oldham 威尔·奥德姆

写歌是一种职业;所以这并不是试图从我与他人的互动中获取一些东西,出于某种原因,把它们给一个完全陌生的人听。我觉得别人那样做很无礼。

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I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.

我一直想演戏,但从未想过这是我的职业。我原以为我会做其他事情,但与此同时,我要做戏剧。

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.

当你写一首歌的时候,你知道该怎么唱,但是如果别人把它录下来,你就不知道该怎么唱了。

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

如何达到清晰?主要是通过找麻烦和写作来为人们服务,而不是给他们留下深刻印象。

What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well.

写作艺术的本质是什么?第一部分:有话要说。第二部分:说得好。

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.

在他的职业中获得荣誉称号或头衔是很不一样的。

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

当我写一首歌的时候,都是关于即兴重复的——先有即兴重复,然后才有歌词。