A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
仪器
Instrument
Voice is my instrument.
声音是我的乐器。
My voice is an instrument.
我的声音是一种乐器。
I use my voice as an instrument.
我用我的声音作为工具。
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
钢琴是我的第二种乐器。
My first instrument was a little blue ukele.
我的第一个乐器是一个小小的蓝色尤克里里琴。
I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.
我更像是肉蝙蝠的主导乐器。
We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
我们可能会进入一个乐器制造的新黄金时代。
I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
我没有练习过没有乐器如何成为一名歌手。
You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.
你知道鼓是除了人类声音之外的第一种乐器。
I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.
我会一点乐器，但只是为了自己的惊喜。
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
大提琴是这样一种忧郁的乐器，是这样一种孤苦伶仃的乐器。
I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.
我是唯一一个有歌词的乐器，所以我必须能够把歌词传达出去。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.
这个声音会指引你，告诉你该怎么做。为了做到这一点，你必须对乐器非常敏感，并且用你的声音接受这种日常对话。
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.
是的，我总是说我们是全国联盟的乐队。我的意思是，如果你演奏乐器，你必须唱歌。所以我总是给我们的鼓手打电话。甚至鼓手也得打开麦克风。
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
退休后，我把所有的乐器都收起来，突然间，我希望它们都是完美的。
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
棒球挥杆是一种调得很好的乐器。这就是重复，再重复，然后再重复一点。
The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record.
要做到这一点，最好的方法是拿起一件新乐器，或者一件你通常不会在上面写字的乐器，看看它会把你带到哪里。无论是使用原声吉他，钢琴，还是电子设备作为工具，所有这些都可以创造出不同类型的歌曲，我在这张唱片中使用了所有这些方法。
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
身体是一种工具，心灵是它的功能，是它运作的见证和奖赏。