It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."

  • -- John Cage 约翰·凯奇

创作一段音乐比演奏一段好,演奏一段比听一段好,听一段比把它当作消遣、娱乐或获得“文化”的手段要好。

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I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

我认为你必须记住,音乐是关于逃避的,认为音乐行业将建立在逃避主义的基础上并不是没有道理的。

I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.

我让很多孩子分心。有时候他们要去左外野打掩护,但他们在这里和我聊天,要我给他们签名。

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

虽然我基本上是自学成才,但我认为德彪西是我的老师——最重要的元素是色彩、光线和阴影。

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.

我很早就有意地放弃了困难的事情,因为我不仅认为它没用,我认为它是一种干扰。

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.

我从来都不是一个能得奖的人……当然也从来没有对他们的收购给予过多的重视。