A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
歌曲
Songs
Most songs are somewhere between love and death, and mine are no exception.
大多数歌曲都介于爱情和死亡之间，我的也不例外。
There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.
民歌中没有桥梁，因为农民们在建造桥梁时牺牲了。
I write songs so that the person i didn't say those words to can hear them.
我写歌是为了让我没有说那些话的人能听到。
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 mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.
我的意思是，披头士的歌有两分半钟长，他们很棒。
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
大概有四分之三的歌是我自己写的，没有乐器。
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.
很多好歌都是很快写出来的，因为你知道什么是必须要做的。
I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.
我喜欢歌曲和电影，因为你可以把你的生活变成一种神话或梦想。
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow. So why can't I turn off the radio?
说我厌倦了如此悲伤而缓慢的情歌。那我为什么不能关掉收音机呢?
I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.
有时候我写了好几年的歌，都不知道是关于什么的。
Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with.
世界上的每个乐队都有让人着迷的巨大歌曲。
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.
只是现在流行的很多歌曲没有任何意义。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience.
这部电影是一部浪漫的歌舞片，面向家庭观众。
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.
我给所有的歌曲都配上节拍器，我试着让它保持原来的节奏。
I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.
我不知道我的歌来自哪里…如果我知道，我就知道得太多了，比我们在飞机上能知道的还多。
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。
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
语言让你思考。音乐让你有一种感觉。一首歌会让你产生一种想法。
Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.
每个认识我的人都知道我是个无可救药的浪漫主义者，整天听爱情歌曲和无聊的歌曲。