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歌曲
Songs
I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
我写过冷静的歌，也写过高昂的歌。
I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.
我喜欢三分钟就能听完的流行歌曲。
I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.
我真的很享受写歌的治疗价值。
I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.
我喜欢看那些歌就像看小电影一样。
I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.
在第一张专辑中，我有更深刻、更有反思的歌曲。
I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.
我想写一些和封面一样好的歌。
I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.
我认为歌曲和视觉效果是如此的互相唤起。
I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.
我从一千首歌中挑出十首作新唱片。
I like songs that go to different places and then come back.
我喜欢去不同地方然后又回来的歌。
I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too.
我弹琴唱歌。我也写了几首歌。
I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.
我记得他们的歌，但我从来没有披头士的专辑。
Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.
嗯，是的，我在收音机里或淋浴时跟着唱了几首歌。
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If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.
如果你听很多现在流行的歌曲，里面几乎没有旋律。人们喜欢节拍。但对音乐家来说，这是旋律，因为我们知道它是多么难以捉摸，多么难以把握。
My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.
我最大的挑战是确保我所唱的歌就是我自己。
Yes, threadbare seem his songs, to lettered ken - they were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.
是的，在字母肯恩看来，他的歌是破旧的——它们在人们的心中已经破旧不堪了。
They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.
它们是非常个人化的、情绪化的歌曲——人们对它们的反应非常强烈。
I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.
不管怎么说，我从来就不擅长摇滚乐。要么我被祝福，要么我被诅咒，但无论我写什么，听起来都很老。
I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.
我选择并参与创作了一些歌曲，如果我是一个愿意花我的血汗钱买一张专辑的人，我会想听这些歌曲。