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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Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.

起初,我打算学医,但在上大学之前,我已经决定,我将更适合我的职业,我可以把我的活动和兴趣更多地集中在一个单一的目标上,而不是在我父亲的职业中,这似乎是不可能的。

There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.

除了表演,这个行业还有很多有趣的工作,我喜欢关注和理解别人的工作,而不仅仅是我自己的工作。

Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

任何一首我要花超过一天的时间创作的歌曲,我都不去管它。不会成功的。所有好的东西都是即时的。

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

写作不是职业、职业或工作;它不是一种生活方式:它是对生活的综合反应。

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

立法并不一定会引发骚乱。但是正确的歌曲可以让人拿起一把椅子。

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

在伟大人物的统治之下,笔力胜过刀剑。