शास्त्रीय संगीत की दुनिया मेरे लिए पूरी तरह से अनजान थी। बहुत से लोग पुरानी पीढ़ियों और बोरियत के बारे में सोचते हैं। लेकिन ऐसा नहीं है। आप '1812 ओवरचर' सुनिए, और आपको उसमें रॉक एन रोल जैसी मुक्ति का अहसास होगा।
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis.
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis.
कम उम्र में ही कुछ ऐसा चुनना जो आप बनना चाहते हैं, जिससे आपकी पहचान जुड़ी हो, और बिना किसी सवाल के उसके पीछे लगे रहना—मेरे लिए वह अभिनय था।
The idea of choosing something that you want to be, that you identify as, at a young age and pursuing that without question - for me that was acting.
The idea of choosing something that you want to be, that you identify as, at a young age and pursuing that without question - for me that was acting.
मुझे लगता है कि अभिनय के साथ-साथ संगीत को भी अपनाने को लेकर मेरी जो दोहरी सोच है, उसकी वजह यह है कि अभिनय अपने आप में ऐसा करियर है जिसे खुद के लिए बनाना सबसे कठिन है। मैं पागल ही हूँगी जो दो सबसे मुश्किल क्षेत्रों में दो करियर बनाने निकल पड़ी हूँ। लेकिन संगीत को लेकर मेरी महत्वाकांक्षाएं बिल्कुल अलग हैं; मैं बस संगीत के प्यार में डूबे रहना चाहती हूँ। मैं चाहती हूँ कि यह अभिव्यक्ति का एक ऐसा जरिया बना रहे जो मुझे अपना लगे, और जिससे एक जुड़ाव महसूस हो।
I guess part of my ambivalence about pursuing music as well as acting is that acting is already one of the most difficult careers to create for yourself, I must be insane to embark on creating two careers in two of the most difficult fields. But I have really different ambitions with music; I just want to stay in love with music. I want it to continue to be a means of expression for me that feels like it's mine, and something that feels community-based.
I guess part of my ambivalence about pursuing music as well as acting is that acting is already one of the most difficult careers to create for yourself, I must be insane to embark on creating two careers in two of the most difficult fields. But I have really different ambitions with music; I just want to stay in love with music. I want it to continue to be a means of expression for me that feels like it's mine, and something that feels community-based.
मुझे लगता है कि मैं हमेशा ऐसे लोगों से ईर्ष्या करती थी जो कॉलेज के लिए न्यू यॉर्क चले गए, क्योंकि उन्हें उस शहर को नई आँखों से देखने का मौका मिला जिससे शायद मैं काफी ऊब चुकी थी, और उन्होंने खुद यह खोजा कि एंड्री वॉरहोल अब इस दुनिया में नहीं हैं।
I guess I was always envious of people who got to move to New York for college because they got to see the city that I, perhaps, was pretty jaded by with new eyes and discover for themselves that Andy Warhol was dead.
I guess I was always envious of people who got to move to New York for college because they got to see the city that I, perhaps, was pretty jaded by with new eyes and discover for themselves that Andy Warhol was dead.
जब आप फिल्मों के लिए अभिनय करते हैं तो दर्शकों के साथ वैसा जुड़ाव नहीं होता; आप एक तरह से शून्य में अभिनय कर रहे होते हैं। आप एक ऐसे उदासीन ग्रिप (सहायक) के लिए अभिनय कर रहे होते हैं जो बस अपनी पत्नी को यह जवाब देना चाहता है कि वह रात के खाने पर घर कब तक लौटेगा। फिल्म सेट पर मौजूद बाकी सब लोग भी इसलिए वहां होते हैं क्योंकि उन्हें इसके पैसे मिलते हैं। जरूरी नहीं कि वे इसलिए वहां हों कि आप जो कर रहे हैं उसके प्रति उनके मन में कोई जूनून हो।
You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily.
You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily.
जब मुझे यह समझ नहीं आता कि अपनी भावनाओं के साथ क्या करूँ, तो आम तौर पर मैं उस पर एक गाना बना लेती हूँ।
When I have no idea what to do with how I'm feeling, I generally make a song out of it.
When I have no idea what to do with how I'm feeling, I generally make a song out of it.
अगर आप अभिनेता नहीं हैं, या आप किसी अन्य प्रकार के कलाकार हैं, तो एक ऐसी भावना होती है कि, "मुझे इस बात को व्यक्त करना ही होगा।" यदि आपको अपने भीतर से ऐसा महसूस नहीं होता, तो आप पेंटिंग क्यों बनाते हैं? यदि आपको अंदर से कुछ बाहर निकालने की जरूरत महसूस नहीं होती, तो आप गाना क्यों बनाते हैं? और जब आप एक अभिनेता होते हैं और ऐसा पाठ नहीं निभा रहे होते जिसे आपने खुद लिखा है, तो मुझे लगता है कि उस 'अनिवार्यता' से एक अजीब सा कटाव महसूस होता है।
If you're not an actor, or if you're any other kind of artist, there's this sense that, "I must express this thing." Why make a painting if you don't feel like you have to for something inside of yourself? Why make a song if you don't feel like you have to because there's something that you need to get out? And when you're an actor and you're not performing text that you've written, I think there's this bizarre disconnect with the must-ness of it.
If you're not an actor, or if you're any other kind of artist, there's this sense that, "I must express this thing." Why make a painting if you don't feel like you have to for something inside of yourself? Why make a song if you don't feel like you have to because there's something that you need to get out? And when you're an actor and you're not performing text that you've written, I think there's this bizarre disconnect with the must-ness of it.
मुझे एहसास हुआ कि मुझे उकुलेल की आवाज उतनी पसंद नहीं है, इसलिए मैंने गिटार बजाना शुरू कर दिया।
I realized that I really didn't like the sound of the ukulele so much so I started playing the guitar.
I realized that I really didn't like the sound of the ukulele so much so I started playing the guitar.
मेरे पिताजी एक संगीतकार थे, इसलिए उनके साथ बड़े होते हुए मुझे यह दुनिया पुरुषों के इर्द-गिर्द घूमने वाली लगी। मैं गिटार बजाने वाली ज्यादा लड़कियों को नहीं जानती थी।
Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.
Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.
मैंने 18 साल की उम्र में संगीत बजाना शुरू किया था। मेरा दिल इस कदर टूटा था कि मैंने सचमुच संगीत बजाना शुरू करने का फैसला किया। इसके जवाब में मुझे यही एकमात्र ऐसी चीज लगी जो मैं कर सकती थी। और तब से मैं लगातार बजा रही हूँ।
I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted to start playing music. It felt like the only thing that I could do in response to that. And I've been playing ever since.
I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted to start playing music. It felt like the only thing that I could do in response to that. And I've been playing ever since.
शायद जैसी प्रवृत्ति होती है वैसे ही लोग आकर्षित होते हैं, और इसीलिए मैं ऐसी महिलाओं के घेरे में आ गई जो संगीत बनाने के प्रति इतनी जुनूनी हैं।
Perhaps like attracts like, and that's why I found myself in a circle of women who are so passionate about making music.
Perhaps like attracts like, and that's why I found myself in a circle of women who are so passionate about making music.
अब मेरी सभी सबसे अच्छी महिला मित्र गिटार बजाती हैं, जो कि जीने के लिए एक दिलचस्प दुनिया है।
All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in.
All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in.
जैसे ही मैंने देखा कि मैं किसी फिल्म या टीवी सेट पर ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा सहज महसूस करने लगी हूँ, और वह चीज़ मुझे उस तरह से प्रेरित नहीं कर रही है जैसे पहले करती थी—जिसने मुझे पेशेवर और रचनात्मक रूप से वहां खींच0 था—तो वही वह पल था जब मैं सचमुच बहुत उदास होने लगी। मैंने तय किया, "ठीक है, मैं वाकई यहाँ रहना चाहती हूँ, मैं इसे अपने लिए दिलचस्प कैसे बनाऊँ?"
As soon as I saw myself beginning to be way too comfortable on a film set or TV set, and not stimulated by it the way that I had been that had brought me to want to be there professionally and creatively, was the moment that I started getting really, really sad. I decided, "Okay, I just want to actually be here, how can I make this be interesting for me?"
As soon as I saw myself beginning to be way too comfortable on a film set or TV set, and not stimulated by it the way that I had been that had brought me to want to be there professionally and creatively, was the moment that I started getting really, really sad. I decided, "Okay, I just want to actually be here, how can I make this be interesting for me?"
मैं एक बेहतर अभिनेता बनूँगी, या एक बेहतर अभिनेता बनने की कोशिश करूँगी। मैं एक बेहतर संगीतकार बनने की कोशिश करूँगी। मैं केवल इस एक चीज़ तक सीमित रहने के बजाय एक कलाकार बनूँगी।
I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.
I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.
मुझमें काम करने की कोई नैतिकता नहीं थी और मुझे हमेशा ऐसा लगता था कि संगीत—खासकर रॉक 'एन' रोल—लड़कों के लिए ज्यादा है।
I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys.
I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys.
अपने संगीत को किसी ऐसी चीज से जोड़ना जो मुझे नैतिक और राजनीतिक रूप से भावुक महसूस कराती है, बहुत अच्छा लगता है।
Aligning my music with something that feels morally and politically passionate to me feels good.
Aligning my music with something that feels morally and politically passionate to me feels good.
भले ही मैं एक अभिनेत्री के रूप में लगातार परफॉर्म कर रही थी और बचपन में मैंने इतने सारे नाटक किए थे, लेकिन एक संगीतकार होने में एक ऐसी संवेदनशीलता होती है जो किसी और के काम को परफॉर्म करने पर नहीं मिलती।
Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid, there's a vulnerability about being a musician that you don't get [when] you perform somebody else's work.
Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid, there's a vulnerability about being a musician that you don't get [when] you perform somebody else's work.
संगीत बनाना कहीं अधिक आत्म-प्रेरित होता है। यह मेरा अपना संगीत है। यह मेरा अपना समय है। मेरे आस-पास कोई ऐसी टीम नहीं होती जो मुझे सब कुछ बनाने में मदद करती हो।
Making music is so much more self-motivated. It's my own music. It's my own time. I don't have a team around me that's helped me make everything.
Making music is so much more self-motivated. It's my own music. It's my own time. I don't have a team around me that's helped me make everything.
जिसे इस उद्योग में "हाइफनेट" कहा जाता है, यानी संगीतकार-अभिनेता या लेखक-संगीतकार-अभिनेता होना, वह मेरे लिए बेहद स्वाभाविक है।
There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.
There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.
एक परफ़ॉर्मर बनने के लिए बहुत साहस की ज़रूरत होती है।
It takes a lot of courage to be a performer.
It takes a lot of courage to be a performer.
आप उस चीज़ को परफ़ॉर्म करते हैं जिसे आपने खुद बनाया है, जो आपके अंदर है, और फिर उसे किसी भी तरह की जाँच-परख के सामने रखना डरावना होता है। यह मेरे लिए अभी भी डरावना है।
You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.
You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.
मुझे अभिनय से बहुत प्यार है, लेकिन संगीत सुनना और संगीत बनाना मेरे लिए सबसे बड़ा उद्धार साबित हुआ है।
I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.
I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.