A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep you at arm's length. They can be really funny, but they're not really nourishing.

很多现代喜剧也很难看，因为它们太讽刺、太超然、太“聪明”了。他们和你保持一定的距离。它们可以很有趣，但并没有什么营养。

A lot of movies aren't intended for everybody.

很多电影并不适合所有人。

A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

很多音乐家并不骄傲;他们会做其他工作，只是为了能演奏音乐。我想这是永远都会发生的事——音乐家们将不得不遭受一定程度的痛苦，以获得他们的发泄。

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

很多音乐家很难听到我们以三重唱的形式在做什么。

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

我的很多最好的部分都是我的第二选择，所以你永远不会对任何事情过于自负。

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.

在我所有的书中，我的很多角色都有自我毁灭的冲动。他们会准确地做他们知道是错的事情，在做错的事情中获得反常的快乐。

A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears.

我童年的许多记忆都是含着泪走回家。

A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle.

我童年的许多记忆都是含着泪走回家。在那个年龄，感觉不受欢迎是很难处理的。

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

在我早期的职业生涯中，我写了很多有故事情节的故事歌曲。

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.

我的很多歌迷都很年轻，很时髦，喜欢我的流行专辑，也知道那些歌曲的歌词，这对我来说是一种真正的赞美。

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

我的很多电影都涉及到技术的黑暗面，强调你必须审视进步的后果。

A lot of my friends are gangsters. Not like gangsters - well, yeah, all sorts of levels of criminality - but not the types that are preying on innocent people. I have no interest in the type of criminality that has no respect for collateral damage.

我的许多朋友都是匪徒。不像歹徒——嗯，是的，各种程度的犯罪——但不像那些掠夺无辜的人。我对这种不尊重附带损害的犯罪行为不感兴趣。

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

我生命中的很多事情都发生在巨大的、美妙的好运的爆发中，然后我就会争分夺秒地去配得上它。

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

我的很多音乐都是缓慢而微妙的。微妙的是我喜欢做音乐。

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

我的很多时间都花在阅读古籍或绝版参考书上。