It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

  • -- Carlisle Floyd 卡莱尔·弗洛伊德

令人惊讶的是,几代人很快就忽略了其他几代人。和我一起工作的年轻作曲家们说的第一件事就是他们想创作人们喜欢的音乐,而不是通过被观众拒绝来获得他们的证书。

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The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.

这场运动是由妇女们发起的,她们在很大程度上没有自己的钱,在组织方面也完全没有经验,她们在大约两代人的时间里就赢得了这场斗争,这一事实往往使故事具有戏剧性,而且总是值得保存下来。

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

真相让你自由。这是一件非常自由的事情,当你说这就是我的缺点,然后你就可以继续生活了。这是惊人的。

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

应该使每一代人都承担起自己的战争负担,而不是以牺牲其他几代人的利益为代价进行战争。

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

聪明的音乐家是那些演奏他们所能掌握的。

Music helps us escape from the reality we live in.

音乐帮助我们逃离我们生活的现实。

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

我认为有孩子是最神奇的事情。