I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.

  • -- Pat Metheny 派特·麦席尼

我不知道我是否有资格成为主流。我想我已经成功地在音乐世界的边缘发挥了作用,并且能够以我想要的方式演奏我想要的东西。

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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.

作为一个演员,有很多审视,即使你已经成功了,也要保持成功。我的一个朋友把它描述成一座没有山峰的山。即使是德尼罗也有帕西诺,帕西诺也有德尼罗。

The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former music is always greater than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.

古典音乐和爵士乐的基本区别在于前者的音乐总是比它的演奏更重要,而爵士乐的演奏方式总是比演奏的内容更重要。

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

心理分析。几乎跑了三次——几乎。然后我决定我的特别之处可能就是我成功的原因。我看到过一些非常有天赋的演员进入了分析领域,但却迷失了方向。

I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

我过去认为我是波希米亚人,但现在我知道我不是。我喜欢整齐和精确,而不喜欢凌乱和松散。

When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.

当我决定专注于表演时,我想母亲只是为我松了一口气,因为我终于开始专注了。

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

一小群有思想的人可以改变世界。事实上,这是唯一的东西。

The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it.

要想在一个岗位上取得成功或赢得胜利,唯一的方法就是在事业上超越它。

A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a job.

一个成功的人找到工作后会继续找工作。

But the world is what it is and won’t be bargained with.

但这个世界就是它,不会讨价还价。

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

没有音乐,生活对我来说将是一片空白。