Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.

  • -- Will Oldham 威尔·奥德姆

写歌是一种职业;所以这并不是试图从我与他人的互动中获取一些东西,出于某种原因,把它们给一个完全陌生的人听。我觉得别人那样做很无礼。

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Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.

每当我听到鸟的歌声和它伴侣的回应,我就能想象出音阶上的音符,所有这些音符都在我的意识中形成了自然的交响乐。

I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else.

最后我想,这是我唯一能做的职业,我真的不能做其他任何事情。

If the voices in your head make you cry, you're a lunatic. Put their words on paper, and you're a writer.

如果你脑子里的声音让你哭,你就是个疯子。把他们的话写在纸上,你就是一个作家。

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.

我从来没有想过我能活到足够长的时间,看到法律行业发生如此大的变化。

The six golden rules of writing: read, read, read, and write, write, write.

写作的六条黄金法则:读,读,读,写,写,写。

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

当一首歌来到你面前,你不能逃避。