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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The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money.

在我看来,人们仍然了解我们,是我们的音乐和当今音乐产业的巨额资金共同作用的结果。控制这个行业的人是会计师,他们把所有的东西都用新的、怀旧的包装和其他的东西来回收,以赚更多的钱。

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

一个有荣誉的人永远不应该忘记他是谁,因为他看到别人是谁。

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

我只是想做音乐,只要我能和尽可能多的人接触。

First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.

首先,女士们先生们,你们必须忘记你们是歌手。