Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

  • -- August Wilson 奥古斯特.威尔逊

爵士乐本身并没有挣扎。也就是说,音乐本身并没有挣扎……问题出在态度上。我的剧本坚持认为我们不应该忘记或抛弃我们的历史。

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I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better. So when I go to sleep I turn everything over to the Lord and forget it.

我每天早上都到办公室来,花很长时间做我力所能及的事情。当你已经尽力了,你就不能做得更好。所以当我睡觉的时候,我把一切都交给主,然后就忘记了。

All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together.

世界是由音乐组成的。我们都是七弦琴上的弦。我们产生共鸣。我们一起唱。

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

只有当我们忘记所有的知识时,我们才开始知道。

Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind.

音乐可以影响身体,也可以影响思想。