And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.

  • -- James Levine 詹姆斯·莱文

所以,一点一点地,我逐渐摆脱了几乎所有我曾经做过的客座指挥,因为我同时也在大都会这样的地方工作,在那里我可以有这样的深度。

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In TV, when you're doing guest roles, you're gliding into a zone where people are already very comfortable. They go in and go to work every day. You're coming in, and it's a brand-new environment, so you have to get it... and then you're gone again.

在电视节目中,当你扮演客串角色时,你正在滑入一个人们已经很舒服的领域。他们每天都去上班。你要来了,这是一个全新的环境,所以你必须得到它……然后你又走了。

The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.

我认为,节拍是我们这个时代最有影响力的乐队,他们来自新奥尔良,他们改变了我们所有人的演奏方式,让我们在演奏放克爵士乐时进入一种节奏和感觉。

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

渐渐地我意识到,人们会更容易吞下谎言而不是真相,仿佛谎言的味道是家常便饭,开胃:一种习惯。

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

目前,我花了很多时间思考编曲和作品的每一个细节。

Each of us comes from a different background, but those are pretty universal.

我们每个人都来自不同的背景,但这些都是非常普遍的。

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

我读书非常贪婪。如果它是好的,我不在乎它是什么。

An unpleasant guest is as welcome as salt to a sore eye.

不愉快的客人对眼睛来说就像盐一样受欢迎。

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

指挥是一件很奇怪的事情。