I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

我不是说想就想,而是用我的方式思考。不要害怕阴影,尤其是那种把半个世界都束缚在正统观念上的巨大的个人不幸幽灵。

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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。’

We want to create world peace. But peace is not merely the absence of war. There is so much internal strife and that prejudice feeds into the national aspect. We have to change ourselves if we want to change the world.

我们想要创造世界和平。但是和平不仅仅是没有战争。国内冲突如此之多,这种偏见助长了民族方面的问题。如果我们想改变世界,就必须改变自己。

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

我决心在任何情况下都要快乐和幸福。因为我已经知道,我们的大部分痛苦或不快乐不是由我们的环境决定的,而是由我们的性格决定的。

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.

在音乐上,我总是允许自己从悬崖上跳下去。至少对我来说是这样的。这听起来像不像可能取决于听众给歌曲带来了什么。

God Said “Build a better world.” I said, “How? The world is such a complicated, cold dark place and there is nothing i can do.” God said “Just Build a better you.”

上帝说:“建造一个更美好的世界。”我说:“怎么做?”世界是如此复杂, 寒冷黑暗的地方,我无能为力。上帝说:“你要做一个更好的自己。”

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.

我一生中从未犯过错误;至少,从来没有一个是我事后无法解释清楚的。

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

我曾经非常幸福,非常富有,非常美丽,非常受人崇拜,非常有名,但是非常不快乐。

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

蓝草音乐的人似乎比其他音乐家有更多伟大的故事要讲。

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.

我想我从来没有听过别人的评论。永远。

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

我喜欢把工作和个人生活区分开来。

Could it think, the heart would stop beating.

如果它能思考,心脏就会停止跳动。

I love being a freak. It's great!

我喜欢做怪胎。太好了!