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首歌
Song
We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.
我们会演奏，然后他们会演奏一组，然后我们会演奏最后一首歌。
If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.
如果你不能在原声吉他或三角钢琴上演奏它，那么它就不是一首歌。
A girl's favorite song will tell you more about her feelings than her lips ever will.
女孩最喜欢的歌比她的嘴唇更能表达她的感情。
I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
我对可能的复杂性不感兴趣。我把歌的结构看作是一张作图纸。
To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free.
要写一首歌你必须有想象力，要有想象力你必须是自由的。
I'm not gonna write you a love song. 'Cause you ask for it, 'cause you need one, you see.
我不会给你写情歌。因为你自找的，因为你需要，你明白。
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
当我写一首歌的时候，都是关于即兴重复的——先有即兴重复，然后才有歌词。
I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.
我是一个歌舞女郎。我的演技还过得去。但那是我才能的极限。
That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.
这首歌是关于深入到你的内心深处，在那里你可以完全成为你自己。
What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.
你听到的关于这支乐队的事总是比任何一首歌都令人不安。
And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
他要给我一首歌，因为我是一个歌手，我想唱任何东西。
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
我从来没有写过政治歌曲。歌曲不能拯救世界。这些我都经历过了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Sometimes a song that didn't make one record will stay in my head for so long and just won't go away. I take that as a hint to keep 'em close and not forget about them.
有时候，一首没有录制过一张唱片的歌会在我脑海里停留很长时间，永远不会离开。我认为这是一个暗示，让他们保持密切联系，不要忘记他们。
It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.
写一首歌从来就不容易。这是我做过的最困难的事情。
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.
我总是试着写一首歌，我从来不只是想写一张唱片。
There are no rules to writing a song.
写一首歌没有规则。
When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.
当我写歌的时候，听别人唱比自己唱更能给我带来实际的快乐。
It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.
我感觉自己在公众视野中出现得越多，就会受到越多的批评。你需要有信心——这就是走出去，在一大群人面前唱一首歌所需要的。