The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

  • -- Tracy Chapman 特蕾西 查普曼

这些歌曲不一定是自传体的。很多歌曲都是多种影响的结合。这可能是我生活的一部分,或者是我感觉到的,或者是别人告诉我的。这一切都在一起。

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I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something.

我喜欢我的音乐能得到的任何反应。只要能让人们思考就行。我的意思是,如果你能让整个房间的人都喝醉了,喝得酩酊大醉,然后醒过来想,你在做什么。

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

我做的每件事都是合作的。这只是我的方式。我对其他音乐家如何理解这首歌非常感兴趣。

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

我热爱音乐。因为我爱它,我试着把它从扼杀它的贫瘠的传统中解放出来。

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

我喜欢史密斯一家——我想和史密斯一家一起唱一首歌,因为他们的音色是如此的不同。