What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

  • -- Maxim Gorky 高尔基

“爵士乐”对我来说意味着最糟糕的工作环境,最糟糕的文化偏见。“爵士”一词的意思是对黑人音乐家的虐待和剥削。

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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among rocks.

众所周知,如果一个人的内心土壤从未受过教育而变得松软或肥沃过,那么偏见是最难以根除的;他们在那里生长,如同野草生长在岩石中。

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

我并不是那种认为如果你是一个音乐家,你就可以把音乐抛诸脑后,开始从政的人。

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

如果没有披头士,我就不会成为一名音乐家。

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

最有学问的人往往心胸最狭窄。