A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
歌曲
Songs
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
写歌有治疗作用，它要么扼杀爱情，要么赢得爱人的心。
I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.
我总是想象以后我可以和乐队一起演奏这些歌曲，但从来没有这样做过。
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.
对我来说，歌曲就像电影，所以你把自己放进了电影里。你成为了电影中的一个角色。
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
人们说宝莱坞非常俗气，只有歌曲和舞蹈，而且过于夸张和丰富多彩。
I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.
我一直在为其他艺术家储备福音歌曲，并计划把它们交给福音艺术家。
I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go.
我现在不能唱老歌了!我并不认为他们低贱，而是我不记得他们如何低贱。
The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.
这些歌曲当然没有给我带来财富，但我仍然感激它们带来的版税。
It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.
这很有趣;路德和我一起写了很多歌，但是我们从来没有在一个房间里写过歌。
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar.
我准备了五首歌，我唱了，他雇用了我。大约一个月后，我开始在钢琴酒吧工作。
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。
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
我认为有些人在写原创的蓝草音乐，但是很难让它们在广播中播出。
You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.
你在收音机里听不到女性的观点，因为很多歌曲都是由男性创作的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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 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 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。
All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.
所有这些歌曲都真实地探索了我现实生活的起伏。
I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.
我为这张唱片写的歌比以往任何时候都多，所以我要特别注意这张唱片，确保我的想法能被正确地翻译出来。
My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.
我最神秘、最奇怪的歌曲可能是我最私人的，但人们不会以这种方式接收它们，因为他们不知道代码。