Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.

  • -- Coleman Hawkins 霍金斯

有人说在我之前没有爵士男高音。我只知道我有自己的演奏方法,除了男高音,我不考虑其他乐器。

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When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option.

当你年轻的时候,你认为你可以做任何事情,这真的是一份礼物。这就是为什么我永远无法理解今天有人对我说“不”。“不”不是一个选项。

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

我不能让宇宙服从我。我不能让别人顺从我自己的想法。我不能叫我自己的身体顺服我。

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply there is a book.

我思考着故事和它们的逻辑,想知道是否存在一本书这样的东西。

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

重点是,人们经常说谎,有时是出于习惯。没有多少人擅长讲真话。