Jeff Buckley
"Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone."
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"Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone."
"كانت الموسيقى لعبتي الحقيقية الأولى. كنت طفلاً وحيداً لبعض الوقت، وكثيراً ما كنت بمفردي – وقد أحببت ذلك. ما زلت أحب الانفراد بنفسي."
Jeff Buckley
"I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad."
"أنا على يقين بأن توقيع العقد كان بسبب من أكون، وهذا يحزنني."
Jeff Buckley
"I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad."
"أنا على قناعة بأن جزءاً من سبب توقيع العقد معي يعود إلى شخصي، وهذا يحزنني."
Jeff Buckley
"Certain emotions just take you to the notes - being furious, heroic, sad, erotic, when rain comes."
"إن بعض المشاعر لتُفضي بك إلى عالم النغم؛ ك"
Jeff Buckley
"Grace' is basically a death prayer. Not something of sorrow, but of just casting away any fear of death. No relief will come - you really just have to stew in your life until it's time to go. But sometimes, somebody else's faith in you can do wonders."
"النعمة، في جوهرها، ابتهال للموت. لا ينبع من حزن، بل هو نبذٌ لكل خوف منه. لن يأتيك خلاص؛ فما عليك إلا أن تستغرق في غمار حياتك حتى يحين الأجل. لكن أحياناً، إيمان شخص آخر بك قد يصنع المعجزات."
Jeff Buckley
"I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even exist. And even though I'm pierced myself, I'm sick of everyone equating body piercing with musical courage. If you ask me, it takes a lot more than that."
"لقد ضقتُ ذرعاً بكل هذه التصنيفات والتقسيمات الموسيقية المفتعلة التي لا أساس لها من الواقع. ومع أنني أضع ثقوباً في جسدي، فقد مللتُ من ربط الجميع بين زينة الجسد بالثقوب والجرأة الفنية. ففي نظري، الشجاعة الحقيقية تتطلب ما هو أعمق وأبعد من ذلك بكثير."
Jeff Buckley
"The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals."
"إن أجرأ ما يمكنني قوله في هذا الزمان هو أن الحياة تستحق أن تُعاش. تستحق أن تُصدم بها. تستحق أن تُجرح منها. تستحق أن تُسكب ذاتك فوق كل جمرها."
Jeff Buckley
"I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks."
"أرغب أن تمزقني الموسيقى إرباً. أريدها أن تكون شيئاً يغذّي ويجدّد، أو أن تستنزف الروح منك تماماً. أريد أن أُحطّم على الصخور."
Jeff Buckley
"Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive."
Jeff Buckley
"The words come from here. From memories, from dreams, from people I've known. I'm always writing and reflecting on life. I want to suck it all in."
Jeff Buckley
"I was captured by music at a really early age. I was really captured by it. Everything about it. It was my mother… It was my father… It was my play thing. It was my toy. It was the best thing in my life."
Jeff Buckley
"There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where is peace?"
Jeff Buckley
"When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will have been of all worth, ever. You will be something complete unto yourself, present and unique."
Jeff Buckley
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