A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
性能
Performance
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
向报道地震的记者颁发荣誉雕像，就像向外科医生颁发一等奖一样。
When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
当我在范哈伦的时候，我弹的音符超出了我的能力范围。我从来没去找过那些收银机，直到艾迪把它从我身上拿出来。
When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.
当录音取代音乐会成为主要的听音乐方式时，我们对表演本质和音乐本身的概念就改变了。
Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
每次有派对，我都没有被邀请，因为我开始像那个角色了。在某种程度上，这也促成了演出的成功。
The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.
作者自己是对自己作品的最佳评判者;没有人对这个问题进行过如此深刻的思考;没有人对这一事件如此真诚地感兴趣。
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
一名优秀的运动员总是在脑海中一遍遍地回放一场比赛，即使是在获胜的时候，他也会这样做，看看下次可以做些什么来提高自己的表现。
I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.
我做过很多录音室专辑，我认为录音室录音的危险在于，如果你不小心，你的表现就会非常糟糕。
We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.
我们总是吃巧克力，我妈妈很小心，确保提前打开包装，以免在演出中途包装纸会发出沙沙声。
We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.
我们需要改进演出风格。演奏和指挥的音乐家并不比只懂节奏的击球手更有优势。
The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
关于表现的事情，即使只是一种幻觉，它是一种庆祝的事实，我们包含在自己无限的可能性。
When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.
当我在冰上，在灯光下，伴随着音乐和动作，有一种特定的调情，给我的表演带来了巨大的能量和表现力。
I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music.
我不知道他们怎么能与我的大多数作品，但我认为这是不幸的，他们可以通过熟悉大量其他音乐华丽的表演。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again.
我们拥有的技能是真正的魔法技能，而不是表演技能。我们必须把它们分开。但是真正使这些把戏奏效的技巧，我们不再使用了。
We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.
我们不相信仅仅因为我们是表演者，就需要知道我们对所有事情的看法。
I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.
我写了一首歌要录制。在某种程度上是要被执行的，但肯定是要被记录的比被执行的要多，因为记录比表演持续的时间要长。
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
每一个仪式或仪式，如果没有改变，都是有价值的。仪式是一本写了很多东西的书。任何懂的人都能读懂。一个仪式通常包含一百多本书。
Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.
一些高质量的表演和电影有机会获得奖励，但这并不像圣经。