音乐家

“Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times, accompanied by myself.”

“在创作一首曲子之前，我会围着它走几圈，独自一人。”

“Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.”

“利用你的缺点，利用你的不足；那样你才会成为一颗明星。”

“Art is long and life is short, and in the end, the art is the only thing that survives.”

“艺术长存而生命短暂，最终，唯有艺术得以留存。”

“How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?”

“一个人要走过多少路，才能被称为一个人？”

“If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.”

“如果我要像别人一样唱歌，那我根本不需要唱。”

“I find it so amazing that people find it so amazing that I should write my own songs.”

“我觉得很奇妙，人们竟然觉得我自己写歌很奇妙。”

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.”

“我不知道从这里将走向何方，但我保证不会无聊。”

“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.”

“信息不是知识。知识不是智慧。智慧不是真理。真理不是美。美不是爱。爱不是音乐。音乐是最好的。”

“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”

“简洁是最终的成就。当你演奏了大量的音符之后，是简洁作为艺术的最高奖赏浮现出来。”

“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”

“艺术的目的不是释放瞬间的肾上腺素，而是逐步建构一种终身的惊奇与宁静状态。”

“Wenn du glaubst, dein Publikum zu langweilen, so spiele langsamer, nicht schneller.”

“如果你觉得你在让听众感到无聊，那就放慢速度，而不是加快。”

“Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.”

“艺术作品创造规则；规则不能创造艺术作品。”

“Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal.”

“孩子们像展示奖章一样展示伤疤。恋人们把它们当作要揭示的秘密。”

“Ich will dem Schicksal in den Rachen greifen; ganz niederbeugen soll es mich gewiss nicht.”

“我要扼住命运的咽喉；它绝不能把我完全征服。”

“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down.”

“一出歌剧在幕布升起之前很久就开始了，在幕布落下之后很久才结束。”

“It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”

“这不是关于停滞不前和寻求安全。如果有人想继续创造，就必须拥抱变化。”

“An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.”

“在我看来，艺术家的责任就是反映时代。”

“The writing of a good song is a brutal act of self-destruction. The finished song is the evidence of survival.”

“写一首好歌是一次残酷的自我毁灭。完成的歌曲是幸存的证据。”

“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.”

“在艺术和梦想中，愿你放纵前行。在生活中，愿你平衡而谨慎地前进。”

“We are stardust, we are golden, / And we've got to get ourselves / Back to the garden.”

“我们是星尘，我们是黄金，/我们必须让自己/回到那座花园。”

“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.”

“钢琴上没有错误的音符。”

“The biggest enemy of creativity is self-doubt.”

“创造力最大的敌人是自我怀疑。”

“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.”

“低级的艺术家借鉴，伟大的艺术家偷窃。”

“You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.”

“如果你是真诚的，你连一根鞋带都能演奏。”

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

“生活就是当你忙于制定其他计划时发生的事情。”

“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.”

“我不得不勤奋。同样勤奋的人也会同样成功。”