I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

  • -- Etta James 埃塔·詹姆斯

我和唱片公司谈了我的想法。他们说他们想要一些茂盛的东西。我想最好的办法就是让他们听到我的想法。

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Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'

安装电脑以减少职员雇用的公司很少实现他们的期望。他们现在需要更多、更昂贵的职员,尽管他们称他们为“操作员”或“程序员”。

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

有一大堆未完成的东西。然后我有歌词书。我发现唱完一首歌却不能录下来是件令人沮丧的事……所以我没有写一百万首歌。

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

不过,关于技术变革的速度令作家感到恐惧的说法,可能有一定的道理——要保持领先于真正的发展是非常困难的。

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

欣赏艺术的乐趣之一,就是在某种程度上与艺术家所使用的决策过程以及作品中嵌入的记录保持同步。

If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

如果图片稍后需要上清漆,如果有必要的话,我允许一个修复者这样做。

I've been told by doctors and surgeons that I have the energy of ten men who have normal jobs.

医生和外科医生告诉我,我有十个从事正常工作的人的精力。

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

这是格兰特的公司,他做了所有的决定。这很好。

I still get mad. I still get upset. But I let it go more quickly.

我还是会生气。我还是很沮丧。但我很快就释怀了。