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音乐
Music
A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.
有一天，我的一个朋友拿着一把旧吉他出现了，我认识他已经有一段时间了。我不知道他从哪里弄来的，我不知道他有多久了，但他知道上面有两个和弦。他继续教我，然后我们开始为音乐疯狂。
I think that's the great thing about music: It can communicate emotionally. And you don't have to necessarily get all of the words. I mean you have to know what is being said, but didn't you find even if you didn't get all of the words, you certainly get the emotion?
我认为这就是音乐的伟大之处:它可以情感交流。你不需要记住所有的单词。我的意思是，你必须知道他们在说什么，但是你难道没有发现即使你没有掌握所有的单词，你也能感受到他们的情绪吗?
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.
如果你不能用音乐来探索生活或对生活的理想化想象，为什么还要从事音乐创作呢?我相信我们很多人的一生都是在睡梦中度过的，而我一直试图做的就是抓住那些瞬间，那一刻，一个小小的火花划破迷雾，触动了你。
It's not a bad problem to have because a lot of classic acts are known for one or two songs and in their show they basically hold those songs off until the end and you sit through an hour or so of lesser known material but in our case most of the songs are well known.
这不是一个坏问题,因为很多经典的行为都以一个或两个歌曲和炫耀他们基本上持有这些歌曲到最后和你坐一个小时左右的知名度较低的材料,但在我们的例子中大部分的歌曲是众所周知的。
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
我几乎每天都被迫画画。我只是想画画，出去买了颜料和画布。现在，当我不做音乐的时候，它让我充满创造力:它是你可以自己做的事情，完全是你的。它是我生命中的一个伟大的附属物。
I rallied all the youth around me, all the people who liked Compa, but felt like it was dying, going away, being replaced with Zouk. So it became a movement. So, through the years, I've played my music with dedication, discipline and originality, and controversy also.
我把所有的年轻人聚集在我周围，所有喜欢康柏的人，但感觉它正在消亡，消失，被佐克取代。所以它变成了一场运动。所以，这么多年来，我一直在用奉献、自律、原创和争议来演奏我的音乐。
That type of autograph, pictures and apparel thievery was not part of what I grew up with. I loved the artists and their music. I would be thrilled to meet them, but the thought of getting a scribble or stealing an article of clothing never occurred or appealed to me.
那种签名、照片和偷衣服的行为并不是伴随我长大的。我喜欢这些艺术家和他们的音乐。如果能见到他们，我会很兴奋，但我从来没有想过要去涂鸦或偷一件衣服。
That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another - by collaborating with one another and creating your own network - you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there.
通过听一些音乐，读一些书，看一些画，最重要的是和彼此出去玩——通过互相合作，建立自己的网络——你可以实现一些比外面更好的东西。
I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or quiet and moody. I've even heard some people say that there's a certain mystery or darkness about me. I'm not that way. I'm just really into what I do.
我真的是一个内在的灵魂，只有通过音乐才能让自己为人所知。很多人认为我是一个内向的人，或者安静、喜怒无常。我甚至听一些人说我身上有某种神秘或黑暗。我不是那样的。我只是对我所做的很感兴趣。
I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.
我是一名艺术家，我走进录音室创作我的音乐。然后我会把它给我爸爸，他会做他该做的事。他确实，你知道，媒体，搞节目什么的。说到我的艺术自由，他不会踩到我的脚趾头什么的。
My favorite music to sing would be my own songs, my original songs, just because I know them, you know I write the tunes, so my favorite songs are the newest ones that I write. That's what I like to sing the most, because it means something, it's real, it comes from me.
我最喜欢唱的音乐是我自己的歌，我的原创歌曲，因为我知道它们，你知道我写歌，所以我最喜欢的歌是我写的最新的歌。这是我最喜欢唱的，因为它意味着什么，它是真实的，它来自我。
There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior.
有一些关于音乐的东西鼓励人们想要更多地了解制作它的人，它是在哪里录制的，是哪一年录制的，他们在听什么，诸如此类的事情。有一种东西会引发这种强迫性行为。
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
我认为我对音乐理论的了解根植于爵士乐理论，以及许多标准的作者——罗杰斯、哈特和格什温。
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.
当一个歌手真正感受和体验到音乐的真谛时，歌词就会自动变得真实。
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.
我在你们那里所听见的，比这更美。我与你们所擘开的，比这更美。我既没有你，一切都是荒凉的。曾经那么美丽的一切都已不复存在。
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
说一个字就像在想象的键盘上敲击一个音符。
The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.
披头士对很多人来说都很重要，你知道吗?每个人都至少有一首披头士的歌，那是他们最喜欢的歌曲之一。
Music is the universal language of mankind.
音乐是人类的通用语言。