When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

  • -- John Pomfret 约翰·庞弗雷特

当我看到有人受到虐待时,我的眼睛会流泪,我想要阻止它。我认为我能做的最好的事情就是把它写下来,因为如果我把自己代入这个方程它不会有太大的用处,但是如果我把它写下来,我认为它会有更大的用处。

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The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'

我写歌的方式是,我必须相信我所写的东西,这就是为什么我写的歌总是那么个人化的原因——因为我喜欢的那种艺术家,他们让我信服,他们完全在那件事上赢得了我。比如,‘天哪,这首歌完全是关于我的。’

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.

说人是理性动物与说大多数人的决定都是基于他的理性过程是两码事。我一点也不相信。

It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I'm trying to sing with.

这可能并不一定反映我目前的心态。有时候我必须把自己放在我想要用的声音的时间点上。

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

当我做体操、芭蕾或足球时,我总是想成为最好的。我真的驱动的。真正驱动的。

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.

我觉得我必须保护自己免受伤害。所以我很小心,以免失去它们中的大部分。

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

最好的肖像画是那些略带讽刺意味的肖像画。