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音乐
Music
I'm really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it's going to be - something where I don't feel compromised.
我真的很乐意做音乐。我们只需要弄清楚这将是一种什么样的音乐——一种我不会感到妥协的音乐。
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
我不再害怕迷失，因为回归的旅程总能揭示一些新的东西，而这最终对艺术家来说是好事。
We always thought we had to follow a certain theme but I don't agree with that anymore. I think the fans deserve a wider variety of music.
我们一直认为我们必须遵循一个特定的主题，但我不再同意这一点。我认为歌迷们应该有更多种类的音乐。
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
演奏任何乐器都很容易:你所要做的就是在正确的时间按正确的键，乐器就会自动演奏。
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
你知道，让我印象深刻的内战音乐是多么血腥;充满了仇恨。里面有令人难以置信的刻薄话。
A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.
画家在画布上作画。但是音乐家们在沉默中作画。我们提供音乐，你提供寂静。
Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
你今天在收音机里听到的大多数音乐都是为了赚钱而制作的。这感觉既不真实也不诚实。你可以从音乐中感受到。
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
只要人类的精神在这个星球上蓬勃发展，以某种形式存在的音乐就会陪伴并维持它，赋予它表达的意义。
The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music.
这个游戏摇滚乐队就像一个糟糕的铃声一直萦绕在我心头。它停留在我的脑海里，暂时抹去了我对音乐的所有热爱。
I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.
我被文艺复兴时期的音乐所感动，但我仍然喜欢演奏硬摇滚——尽管只有当它是复杂的，背后有一些想法。
Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions and sometimes we end up totally lost.
人生最大的悲剧不在于它终有一天会结束，而在于大多数人活着只是为了遵循自己的方向，而有时我们却以完全迷失而告终。
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.
音乐对我来说一直是一种难以置信的宣泄，无论是写自己的东西还是唱别人的歌;它很自由。
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I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
我为一个十几岁的孩子过着很好的生活。我必须学习各种各样的音乐——爵士乐、摇摆乐、汽车城、流行音乐——这启发了我开始创作什么样的音乐。
Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
超过一定程度，音乐就不再是我的了。这是你的。
My passion for music has always inspired my designs.
我对音乐的热情一直激励着我的设计。
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
我一直都知道我能在音乐方面有所作为。我不知道我是否能成功，但我知道我会在其中有所作为。也许在唱片店里找份工作。甚至可以在乐队里演奏。我从没想过要当明星。
As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.
至于音乐业务本身，关键的事情并没有发生太大的变化。它像任何企业一样运作，而资金仍在推动着一切。
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
如果不偏离常规，就不可能取得进展。