What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

  • -- Maxim Gorky 高尔基

“爵士乐”对我来说意味着最糟糕的工作环境,最糟糕的文化偏见。“爵士”一词的意思是对黑人音乐家的虐待和剥削。

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It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician.

它把我带到了我所不知道的地方,带到了我完全害怕的地方,但当我变得不那么害怕时,我欢迎新的思维方式和接近事物的方式。它使我成为一个无限富有的人,我认为我是一个更好的音乐家。

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

我一直知道我想成为一名音乐家,我一直知道我想写作,因为我所听的人都在写作。我从没想过可以唱别人的歌。

I think people always believe what they want to believe, don't you?

我认为人们总是相信他们想相信的,你不这样认为吗?

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

偏见-没有明显支持手段的流浪观点。