见信如晤Letters Live 第13期:'凯丽米洛'读信:我的缪斯女神不是一匹马(2)（在线收听） |
I have always been of the opinion that my music is unique and individual and exists beyond the realms inhabited by those who would reduce things to mere measuring. 我一直持有这种观点，我的音乐是独特的，唯一的，它的存在超越了纯数值计算。
I am in competition with no-one.
我不与任何人竞赛。
My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty to protect her from influences that may offend her fragile nature.
我与缪斯（灵感）女神的交往，恰逢其会，精心雅致。我感到我的职责便是保护她的精巧气质，免受伤害。
She comes to me with the gift of song and in return I treat her with the respect I feel she deserves — in this case this means not subjecting her to the indignities of judgement and competition.
她走近我，赠予我歌之禀赋，我当报以她应得的敬意，如此，也意味着，我不会让她遭受评判与竞争之辱。
My muse is not a horse and I am in no horse race and if indeed she was, still I would not harness her to this tumbrel — this bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes.
我的缪斯女神不是一匹马，我也并没有参加赛马比赛。即便她真的曾是匹马，我也不会把她系上这死囚车。那血腥的马车上携着砍下的头颅和璀璨的奖金。
My muse may spook! May bolt! May abandon me completely!
我的女神也许会受惊，也许会脱缰，也许会彻底抛弃我！
So once again, to the people at MTV, I appreciate the zeal and energy that was put behind my last record, I truly do and say thank you and again I say thank you but no...no thank you.
所以，MTV团队，我再一次对你们在我新唱片背后所付出的热忱与精力表示感谢，发自肺腑的不胜感激，真的我要再说一次感谢！但，（关于提名)还是别了，别了……感谢！
Yours sincerely, Nick Cave
尼克·凯夫敬上 |
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