Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

  • -- Robert Graves 罗伯特·格雷夫斯

永远不要用“听众”这个词。“除非诗人是为了钱而写作,否则公众的想法在我看来就是错误的。诗人没有“听众”。他们一直在和一个人说话。

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When you are making a record and if you spend too much time over it, you have to record it a tone lower or cut the tones lower because you can't reach some of the notes, I find this. But when you go on stage, you have to put the key up and it really changes the whole thing.

当你在做唱片的时候,如果你花太多的时间在上面,你必须把它的音调放低,或者把音调放低,因为你够不到一些音符,我发现。但是当你上台时,你必须把钥匙放上去,这真的改变了整个事情。

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

有太多的领导人被选定是因为他们拥有公众的声音——电视、广播、唱片等等。甚至包括我自己。在过去,我会说:“当你能给自己涂油的时候,就不要给我涂。”

Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions.

就像河口附近的水,在它的最终形态中,主要由许多支流组成一样,一个思想,在它的最终形态中,主要由后来的补充组成。

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.

当我第一次开始写作时,是通过音乐。我会想出一些歌曲的创意,然后把它们变成故事,再把它们变成小说。我对音乐有偏见。

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

一个完全属于我的想法不再是我思想的一部分,而是完全公开,这让我感到恐惧。

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.

如果一个主题或想法太接近表面,小说就会变成一个简单的描绘一个想法的小册子。

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

最高的艺术总是最虔诚的,最伟大的艺术家总是一个虔诚的人。

To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.

成为一个诗人的爱人,就是同时成为一个缪斯女神和一个不朽的人。

There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.

没有所谓的“有抱负的作家”。你是个作家。时期。

I've developed an audience over the years and I don't want to loose them.

多年来,我已经培养了一批观众,我不想失去他们。

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

在任何行业,给你第一份工作的人都是如此重要。

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

你必须意识到你在和观众交谈的对象是谁。

Lack of time is a real health killer.

缺乏时间是真正的健康杀手。

No bad man can be a good poet.

没有坏人能成为好诗人。