Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.

  • -- Carlisle Floyd 卡莱尔·弗洛伊德

和其他歌剧作曲家一样,我选择一个主题不是为了争论,而是因为它包含了在高度紧张的戏剧场景中生动的人物。

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The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.

教会,在使徒时代,不是由孤立的,独立的会众组成,而是一个整体,其中单独的教会是组成成员,每一个都服从于所有其他的,或服从于一个延伸到所有的权威。

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?

“神学”曾经说过什么对任何人都没有用处?“神学”什么时候说过什么是明显真实而不明显的呢?是什么让你认为“神学”是一门学科?

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

我从来没有想过我的角色是悲伤的。相反,他们充满活力。他们没有选择悲剧。悲剧了。

All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.

我想做的就是写一些关于我虚构的有趣角色的歌。