The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No."

  • -- Aaron Copland 亚伦·科普兰

整个问题可以简单地通过问“音乐有意义吗?”我的回答是:“是的。”“你能用这么多的词来说明它的意思吗?”我的回答是,“不。”

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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

当人们谈论写作、说话或思考的自由时,我只能笑。从来没有这样的东西存在过。现在不存在这样的东西;但我希望它会存在。但这一定是在你我不再写信和说话之后的几百年以后了。

You think, eventually, that nothing can disturb you and that your nerves are impregnable. Yet, looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused.

你认为,最终,没有什么可以打扰你,你的神经是坚不可摧的。然而,看着那张熟悉的脸,我意识到死亡是一种我们永远不会变得麻木的东西。

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

我从事音乐并不是为了成为一名蓝调音乐家,或者乡村音乐家。我是一个歌手兼作曲家。在我的书中,这意味着我可以做任何我想做的事。

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

你创造了一个音乐社区,不仅仅是在音乐会上,而是通过和你的朋友谈论音乐。