I work to survive, and I play to be alive.

我工作是为了生存，我玩耍是为了活着。

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

我致力于妇女的解放，但我不是女权主义者。我只是个女人。

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

我工作非常快，让想法不断流动，但要确保它们按照我想要的方式出现。

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

我非常努力地写作，写作，重写，并试图清除木材。

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

我在哥伦比亚大学成瘾和药物滥用国家中心工作。作为董事会中仅有的两名正在戒毒的瘾君子之一，我自豪地坐在那里。

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

我研究语言。我爱那事后才想起的花。

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

我与自然打交道，尽管用的是全新的术语。

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

我在动物保护协会工作了很长时间，并且养了三只猫。

I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren't good so I quit.

我在一家医院工作了一个星期。我在堪萨斯上大学的时候，有一个星期在高尔夫球场上。小费不够，所以我辞职了。

I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them.

我和一个人一起工作，我想不起他的名字，他和他的妻子，其中一个有萨克斯，另一个打鼓。这不是一份普通的工作，但我在家里和他们一起做了几次零工。

I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.

我很乐意拍电影。我喜欢工作，我想我有点不同。

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying.

星期天我会去看我妈妈，而我哥哥正在做一些事情。我要进去唱一段旋律，然后我们开始用单词来练习，接下来你知道的是，它就这样自然而然地诞生了，而不是真正地去尝试。

I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words.

我必须努力创作这首歌，并弄清楚他们想要怎样创作这首歌，因为它们是如此高强度的歌曲。我们先把它弄明白，然后我再回去听一遍，再用它排练一遍，试着对单词有个感觉。

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion-and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

我希望我的生活是一种爱和同情的表达——如果不是这样，那就是我的工作所在。

I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe.

我愿意与任何想要尊重牙买加氛围的商界人士合作。