创作是人生指南针

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I 我

started writing songs when I was 12. 我12岁的时候开始写歌。

And since then, 从那时起，

it's been the compass 它就成了指南针，

guiding my life. 指引着我的人生。

And in turn, 反过来，

my life guided my writing. 我的人生也指引了我的创作。

Everything I do 我所做的一切

is just 都只是

an extension 我创作的延伸，

of my writing, whether it's directing videos 无论是执导MV

or a short film, 还是短片，

creating the visuals for a tour, 为巡演创作视觉效果，

or standing on a stage performing. 抑或站在舞台上表演。

Everything is connected. 一切都紧密相连。

by my love of the craft, 这源于我对这门手艺的热爱，

the thrill of working through ideas 推敲想法的快感，

and narrowing them down 将它们精简，

and polishing it all up in the end, 并最终打磨完善，

editing, 编辑，

waking up in the middle of the night, 半夜醒来，

throwing out the old idea 抛弃旧想法，

because 因为

you just thought of a new 你刚刚想到了一个新点子，

or better one, 或者更好的，

or a plot device that ties the whole thing together. 或者一个能将整个故事串联起来的剧情装置。

There's a reason they call it a hook. 他们称之为“钩子”是有原因的。

Sometimes a string of words 有时，一串文字

just 就会

ensnares me, and I can't 吸引住我，让我无法

focus on anything 专注于其他任何事情，

until it's been recorded 直到它被记录下来

or written down. 或写下来。

As a songwriter, I've never been able to sit still 作为一名词曲作者，我从未能安于现状，

or stay in one creative place for too long. 或在一个创作领域停留太久。

I've made and released 11 albums, 我已经制作并发行了11张专辑，

and in the process, I've switched genre from country 在此过程中，我将音乐风格从乡村乐

to pop 转向流行乐，

to alternative to folk. 再到另类和民谣。

And this might 这听起来可能

sound like a very songwriter-centric 像是一个非常以词曲作者为中心的

line of discussion, 讨论，

but in a way, 但在某种程度上，

I really do think 我真的认为

we are all 我们都是

writers. 创作者。