Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

  • -- Stephen Sondheim 斯蒂芬·桑德海姆

歌词必须有保险。这就是为什么诗人一般都是拙劣的抒情作家,因为语言太丰富了。你会被它淹没。

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But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.

但诗人并不被认为是危险的,他们被建议进行自我审查。在大多数情况下,诗人被要求根本不写作。我利用了这种消极的自由。

Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.

英镑的疯狂。所有的诗人都是。他们必须如此。你不会把庞德这样的诗人扔进疯人院。