It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

正如牧师们所教导的,这个世界的主要祸根不是物质主义,而是理想主义。男人把自己的幻想和幻觉看得太认真就会惹上麻烦。

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I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.

我真的不确定我的艺术传达了什么社会信息,如果有的话。我不想让它带一个。我对这个主题不感兴趣,我不想教社会什么,也不想让我们的世界变得更好。

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.

我不知道我是否有资格成为主流。我想我已经成功地在音乐世界的边缘发挥了作用,并且能够以我想要的方式演奏我想要的东西。

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.

我要严肃地质疑,是否有人真的愚蠢到说出自己的意思。有时我认为,我们所知道的文明会崩溃,如果我们都是完全诚实的。

When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.

当我遇到某人,我会和他们一起出去玩,这很好,但我不会太认真。