मुझे अतीत के बारे में सोचना ज़्यादा पसंद नहीं है। सच तो बस एक और कहानी है। आप उसे अपनी मर्ज़ी से याद रख सकते हैं; वह कभी भी दो बार एक जैसी नहीं होगी।
I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.
I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.
मैं लगभग तीन साल की उम्र से किसी न किसी तरह से बजा रहा हूँ। मुझे ऐसा कोई समय याद नहीं जब मुझे कोई वाद्य यंत्र बजाना न आता हो।
I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play any instruments.
I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play any instruments.
मैं लोकप्रिय गाने बजाता हूँ। यह कोई अस्पष्ट या अजीब संगीत नहीं है। यह लोकप्रिय संगीत है।
I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.
I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.
मेरा संगीत को आजीविका बनाने या ऐसा कुछ करने का कोई इरादा नहीं था। मैं बस मानसिक रूप से ठीक नहीं था या जो भी कह लीजिए, और बहुत ज़्यादा शराब पी रहा था।
I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.
I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.
मुझे नहीं लगता कि संगीत कोई कला है, ठीक वैसे ही जैसे खाना पकाना कोई कला नहीं है।
I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.
I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.
हजारों वर्षों में एक ऐसा भोजन विकसित हुआ है और लोगों ने उसमें अपनी तरह से प्रयोग किए हैं, लेकिन वह अभी भी कला-भोजन नहीं है। वह बन सकता है, लेकिन वह महज़ खाना है। यह वह चीज़ है जिसे लोग इसलिए करते हैं क्योंकि उन्हें करना पड़ता है, क्योंकि उन्हें इसकी ज़रूरत होती है। मुझे लगता है कि संगीत भी ऐसी ही चीज़ों में से एक है।
There's this food that's evolved over thousands of years and people have made their own kind of thing, but it's not art-food, yet. It can be, but it's just food. It's the thing that people do because they have to, because they need it. I feel music is one of those things, too.
There's this food that's evolved over thousands of years and people have made their own kind of thing, but it's not art-food, yet. It can be, but it's just food. It's the thing that people do because they have to, because they need it. I feel music is one of those things, too.
संगीत का इतिहास और कुछ नहीं बल्कि कला-संगीत या शास्त्रीय संगीत का इतिहास है, वह संगीत जिसे रईसों द्वारा कमीशन किया जाता था।
The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.
The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.
मूल रूप से हमारे पास जो भी इतिहास है, वह केवल रईसों का इतिहास है। हमारे पास आम लोगों का कोई इतिहास नहीं है।
Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.
Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.
आपके पास कला-संगीत का इतिहास है जिसे आप संगीत के बराबर मानते हैं। कला-संगीत शब्द की यही बात मुझे सबसे अच्छी लगती है। यह खुद को उस 'असली संगीत' से अलग करता है जो आम लोग हमेशा से बनाते आए हैं।
You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music, the music people have always made.
You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music, the music people have always made.
मेरे पास कहने के लिए कुछ है तो इसका मतलब यह नहीं है कि हर कोई इसे बहुत गंभीरता से ले ले या इस बात पर नाराज़ हो जाए कि यह उन्हें रास नहीं आ रहा।
Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way.
Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way.
असली संगीत वह है जिसे मैं कॉर्पोरेट के प्रभाव से मुक्त संगीत मानता हूँ, वह संगीत जो बस स्वतःस्फूर्त रूप से बनता है। मुझे लगता है कि यह कोई बहुत जानी-मानी चीज़ नहीं है।
Real music is what I consider to be uncorporatized music, the music that just happens. I feel like that's not a very well-known thing.
Real music is what I consider to be uncorporatized music, the music that just happens. I feel like that's not a very well-known thing.
कोई भी जाति या सभ्यता कभी यह नहीं कहेगी, "अरे, असली मांस खाने के बजाय, चलो ढेर सारी लसीका ग्रंथियों को पीसकर उसमें कुछ अजीबोगरीब चीज़ें मिलाते हैं और उसे प्लास्टिक के डिbbों और डिब्बों में पैक करके खाते हैं। यह बहुत बढ़िया रहेगा।" लोग ऐसा नहीं चुनते।
No race or civilization of people are just going to say, "Oh, instead of using real meat, let's just mash up a bunch of lymph nodes and put a bunch of weird stuff in it and pack it up in plastic cans and plastic bins, and let's eat that way. That'll be great." People don't choose that.
No race or civilization of people are just going to say, "Oh, instead of using real meat, let's just mash up a bunch of lymph nodes and put a bunch of weird stuff in it and pack it up in plastic cans and plastic bins, and let's eat that way. That'll be great." People don't choose that.
मुझे लगता है कि एक आम जनता का संगीत होता है, और एक कॉर्पोरेट संगीत होता है।
I feel like there's the people's music, and there's corporate music.
I feel like there's the people's music, and there's corporate music.
कोई शख़्स इन पंक्तियों को पिरोने में माहिर है, और कोई इन्हें गाने में अच्छा है। बस बात इतनी ही है।
Some guy is good at putting these verses together, and some guy is good at singing them. That's just the way it is.
Some guy is good at putting these verses together, and some guy is good at singing them. That's just the way it is.
कुछ लोग अच्छे रसोइया होते हैं और कुछ लोग अच्छे... मुझे समझ नहीं आता कि आपको वह सब कुछ क्यों करना है।
Some people are good cooks and some people are good... I don't see why you have to do all of that.
Some people are good cooks and some people are good... I don't see why you have to do all of that.
मैंने बस सड़क पर संगीत बजाना और सारंगी (फिडल) लेकर घूमना शुरू कर दिया था, और मुझे लगता है कि तभी से मैंने इसे गंभीरता से लेना शुरू किया - या यूँ कहें कि जितनी गंभीरता से मैं ले सकता था।
I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I started being serious - or as serious as it's going to get.
I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I started being serious - or as serious as it's going to get.
मैं उस समय काफी दयनीय स्थिति में था। इसी बात ने मुझे सड़क पर गाने के लिए मजबूर किया। मेरे पैसे खत्म हो गए थे और रात के लिए थोड़ी और जिन की ज़रूरत थी।
I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.
I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.
मुझे संगीत बजाना वाकई बहुत पसंद है। मुझे लगता है कि यह लोगों को देने के लिए एक बेहतरीन चीज़ है।
I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.
I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.
कुछ समय के लिए, यह लोगों पर थोपने जैसा था, पुराने कत्ल के किस्से (मर्डर बैलेड्स) गाकर और अपने आस-पास जो कुछ भी देख रहा था उससे परेशान होकर। लेकिन अब मुझे इसमें काफी शांति महसूस होती है।
For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing around me. But now I feel a lot more at peace with it.
For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing around me. But now I feel a lot more at peace with it.
मुझे लगता है कि लोगों को दुखी महसूस करना उतना ही अच्छा लगता है जितना कि खुश महसूस करना।
I think people like feeling miserable just as much as they like feeling happy.
I think people like feeling miserable just as much as they like feeling happy.
मेरा जन्म और पालन-पोषण चर्च में हुआ था, इसलिए मुझे लगता है कि मैंने सबसे पहले जो गाने बजाए होंगे, वे चर्च के ही गाने रहे होंगे।
I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.
I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.
मैं ज़्यादा लोगों से घुलता-मिलता नहीं हूँ। मुझे बहुत ज़्यादा धार्मिक उपदेशों, समूहों या किसी चीज़ का हिस्सा बनने में कोई खास दिलचस्पी नहीं है, शायद।
I don't associate much with anybody. I'm not big on all the teachings and groups and being a part of something, I guess.
I don't associate much with anybody. I'm not big on all the teachings and groups and being a part of something, I guess.
कारखानों वगैरह में काम करने से इंसान थोड़ा सख्त और मजबूत बन जाता है।
Working in factories and things like that, it just puts a little hair on your chest.
Working in factories and things like that, it just puts a little hair on your chest.
मैं कुछ समय एक खाड़ी के पास रहा और सीपियाँ छीलने का काम किया। कुछ पैकिंग का काम भी किया। यानी जब आप यहाँ-वहाँ भटक रहे होते हैं, तो जो भी छोटा-मोटा काम मिल जाए, कर लेते हैं। मुझे कभी भी बंधे-बंधाए या फ्रेंचाइजी वाले काम पसंद नहीं आए, इसलिए मैं ऐसे काम ढूंढता था जिन्हें मैं ज़्यादा इज्जतदार समझता था।
I lived by a bay for a while, and I shucked oysters. Some packing things. You know, just whatever odd job you can find whenever you're moving around. I never really cared much for the franchise kind of work, so I'd try to find things that I considered to be a little more honorable.
I lived by a bay for a while, and I shucked oysters. Some packing things. You know, just whatever odd job you can find whenever you're moving around. I never really cared much for the franchise kind of work, so I'd try to find things that I considered to be a little more honorable.
मैं खुद को बिल्कुल भी गीतकार नहीं मानता। शायद मैं यहाँ-वहाँ से थोड़ी-बहुत पंक्तियाँ जोड़कर कुछ बना लेता हूँ, लेकिन असली गीतकार वे होते हैं जो बाकायदा नोटेशन या शीट म्यूजिक के साथ काम करते हैं।
I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.
I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.