Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I wrote a complete song and set it to music and the whole bit. From then on, I was busy with it.

  • -- William Bell 威廉·贝尔

在孟菲斯长大,听着各种各样的音乐,梦想着……那是我第一次写完整的歌,并把它谱成音乐。从那时起,我就一直忙于它。

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After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often.

喝完茶,又开始画画了——黄昏时分,一棵大杨树下起了暴风雨。除了今晚的绘画课,我时常去附近的一个村庄打保龄球,但不是经常去。

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

有时候,我们自己的光芒熄灭了,却被另一个人的火花重新点燃。我们每个人都有理由怀着深深的感激之情去思考那些点燃我们内心火焰的人。

Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'

我和三个兄弟姐妹一起长大,我是家里的说书人……就是我母亲所说的“骗子”。

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

每首歌都像个孩子。你怎么能有这么多孩子,又有一个最爱的呢?我最喜欢和哪一个一起玩?

When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.

当我写这首歌的时候,我想让这个国家的人们站在民权的立场上。

Growing up is when you understand you get what you give, not what you're given.

成长是你明白你得到的是你给予的,而不是你被给予的。