Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound.

  • -- Terry Riley 特里·莱利

在做了这么多关于声音的实验之后,我决定要和现场的音乐家一起做。为了重复,把音乐片段录下来,让它生动起来。音乐家可以演奏它,创造出这种抽象的声音结构。

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Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

音乐家就在你面前,观众能感觉到他们的紧张,而你在听唱片的时候却不是这样。你的注意力更放松。在现场音乐中,情感因素更为重要。

Over the years, a number of other intriguing experimental ideas and areas of investigation have been the objects of my attention, and I have devoted some time and effort to exploring the inherent possbilities.

多年来,许多其他有趣的实验想法和研究领域一直是我关注的对象,我花了一些时间和精力来探索固有的可能性。

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.

为什么音乐家要花那么多时间在慈善事业上?我们能投入时间的最人道主义的事业是音乐本身的创作和表演。

I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.

我听到很多现在的年轻人唱歌,我认为他们的声音很好,但是我不知道他们是否会知道他们的声音是一样的。

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.

在所有实验工作的开始,都要选择合适的调查技术。

Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.

伙计,有时候你需要很长时间才能听起来像你自己。