I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.

我试着用一些词语来表达情感，任何一个人都能从他们对国家的感受中看出这种情感。这与我们生活的世界有关。那个世界是残酷的，充满了战争。它也充满了许多美好的东西，爱和希望。

I trust god with my life after all, he gave it to me.

我用我的生命相信上帝，毕竟他给了我生命。

I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than others and some you have to spend a lot of time on, but I think you have to watch that you don't take the life out of them by worrying too much.

不过，我尽量不去为我的歌词而苦恼，因为这可以在歌词中体现出来。有些歌词比其他的来得容易，有些你不得不花很多时间，但我认为你必须注意，不要因为担心太多而让它们失去生命。

I try not to ponder on the negative aspects in life 'cause too much negativity will destroy you on the inside.

我试着不去思考生活中消极的方面，因为太多的消极会摧毁你的内心。

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

我试着过一种轻浮的生活。

I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change.

我试着对比;今天的生活充满了对比……我们必须改变。

I try to enjoy myself when i can - i'll be miserable enough as it is.

当我可以的时候，我试着享受我自己——我已经够痛苦的了。

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

我试着给人们希望。即使生活是暗淡的，但仍有希望。

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.

我试着每天活在当下，试着不要对不公平和需要视而不见。

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

我试着过一种没有遗憾的生活。所以我试着选择我最热爱的道路，因为这样你就永远不会因为做出错误的选择而责怪自己。你可以说你在追随你的激情。

I use pain to push me to greatness.

我用痛苦来推动我走向伟大。

I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I’ve been.

我用诗歌来帮助我理解那些我不懂的东西，但每一首新诗，我都会背着一个背包，里面装满了我去过的所有地方。

I used to capture the vastness and the immensity of the world and confine it to the limited pages of the parchment.

我过去常常捕捉世界的广阔无垠，把它限制在羊皮纸上有限的几页。

I used to get letters from girl reporters saying that their lives were nowhere near as exciting as Brenda's. I told them that if I made Brenda's life like theirs, nobody would read it.

我过去常常收到女记者的来信，说她们的生活远没有布兰达的生活那么令人兴奋。我告诉他们，如果我把布兰达的生活写成他们那样，就没有人会读了。

I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life.

我重视我的隐私和我的个人生活——我当然不会利用我的个人生活。