Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

  • -- August Wilson 奥古斯特.威尔逊

爵士乐本身并没有挣扎。也就是说,音乐本身并没有挣扎……问题出在态度上。我的剧本坚持认为我们不应该忘记或抛弃我们的历史。

相关名言

No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English.

不,我没有忘记萨摩亚语——当你和我说话的时候我能理解,但是,你知道,把短语放在一起,我听起来就像我在说英语一样。

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

音乐是伟大的统一。令人难以置信的力量。在任何事情上和其他事情上有分歧的人可以有共同点。

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

一个公众人士永远不能忘记,当他作为个人而不是他的政策成为问题时,他就失去了自己的作用。

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

我的音乐与教导生与死的体系作斗争。