There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.

  • -- Sam Phillips 萨姆·菲利普斯

我年轻时对黑人有一种特殊的感情。不知何故,他们能够从我看不到他们享受的事物中获得快乐。我听到他们唱了很多,但我没有听到白人在棉花地里唱那么多。

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No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.

没有任何计划可以阻止一个愚蠢的人在错误的时间在错误的地点做错误的事情,但是一个好的计划应该阻止注意力的形成。

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

普鲁斯特之后,有些事情是不能再做的。他为你划定了你才能的界限。

In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.

现在要做一部音乐剧,必须发展一种适合今天观众的风格。

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

任何一个有荣誉的人,宁可失去他的荣誉,也不愿失去他的良心。

And of all these things I'm sure of, I'm not quite certain of your love.

在所有这些我确定的事情中,我对你的爱不是很确定。

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

我从来没有因为食言而产生消化不良。