Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

  • -- Ray Brown 雷·布朗

对我来说,爵士乐是一种完整的生活方式。它比一个单词还大。它的力量比你能说的要大得多。这是你必须感觉到的。它是你必须生活的东西。

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The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.

我所属的那些体面的圈子里,那个体面的圈子里的所有人,那个我不知道安全的价值的圈子,都在反对我,他们知道,一旦失去或抛弃安全,就没有什么机会来代替它了。

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

我能忍受蛮力,但蛮力的理智是相当难以忍受的。它的使用有些不公平。它打击的是智力。

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

我觉得自己和鸭嘴兽很像。孤儿家庭中的孤儿游泳者,隐士。一半是鸟,一半是鱼,一半是蜥蜴。

I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.

我学会了如何生活,如何活在这个世界上,活在这个世界上,而不仅仅是袖手旁观。

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.

9月是爵士女歌手的月份,所以我9月在那里做爵士。我已经准备好了。

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

一段时间以来,我一直在尝试一种不需要我在场的生活方式。

Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

给我六个月的生命,作为一个斗士,我为自己设定了很高的目标。

I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.

我觉得自己活了这么久,经历了这么多,所以我想要的只是平静和休息。

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

爵士音乐家是一个杂耍家,用和声代替桔子。