जब मैं यह नए गानों की धुन लिख रहा था, तो मैं काफी नीचे सुरों में गा रहा था, क्योंकि एक तरह से वे गाने ज्यादा निजी और आत्मीय थे। मुझे संगीत को पेश करने का एक ऐसा तरीका निकालना था जो उतना ही दिल के करीब हो।
When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.
When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.
अलोहा अर्थ, यह एल्विस बोल रहा हूँ। अब आप मुझे बड़े वाले घर में मिलेंगे।
Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.
Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.
मेरे एक दोस्त ने मुझसे कहा, "तुम अपनी लिखाई और अपने संगीत को अलग-अलग क्यों रखते हो?" मैंने लेखकों- रिक मूडी और जोनाथन एमेस से पहला काम करवाया और फिर गाड़ी चल पड़ी; इसके बाद एनपीआर (NPR) ने इसे अपना लिया। यह मेरे करियर के दोनों पहलुओं को एक साथ जोड़ने का एक बेहतरीन तरीका है, और शायद इसी का नतीजा है कि मैंने अब 'जॉन वेस्LEY हार्डिंग' नाम का इस्तेमाल करना छोड़ दिया है।
A friend of mine pointed out to me, "Why do you separate your writing and your music?" I got (writers) Rick Moody and Jonathan Ames to do the first one, and it just kind of gathered steam; then NPR picked it up. It is a nice way for me to marry both sides of my career, a move that's probably culminated in me dropping the name John Wesley Harding.
A friend of mine pointed out to me, "Why do you separate your writing and your music?" I got (writers) Rick Moody and Jonathan Ames to do the first one, and it just kind of gathered steam; then NPR picked it up. It is a nice way for me to marry both sides of my career, a move that's probably culminated in me dropping the name John Wesley Harding.
मुझे बस परफॉर्मेंस देना बहुत पसंद है। इससे मुझे एक अपनापन और समुदाय से जुड़ने का गहरा अहसास होता है।
I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.
I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.
शायद उपन्यासों ने मेरे भीतर की भावनात्मक उथल-पुथल को संभाल लिया, जिसकी वजह से संगीत मेरे लिए ज़्यादा जज़्बात भरा बन पाया।
Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.
Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.
नाम बदलने की वजह बिल्कुल साफ है। मैंने आत्मकथा से जुड़े कुछ संस्मरण लिखे और मुझे उन्हें लिखते हुए वाकई बहुत मज़ा आ रहा था, और उनमें से दो गानों में मैंने दो अलग-अलग लोगों के हवाले से बात की (खुद को मिस्टर स्टेस कहते हुए)। और तभी अचानक मुझे महसूस हुआ कि खुद को वेस्ले स्टेस समझना, वेस्ले स्टेस के नाम से उपन्यास छापना, वेस्ले स्टेस बने रहना और फिर इसे वेस्ले स्टेस के नाम से रिलीज़ न करना कितनी बेतुकी बात है।
The reason I did the name change is simple. I wrote a bunch of autobiographical material and I was really enjoying myself doing it, and in two of the songs I quote two different people (referring to me as Mr. Stace). And it just hit me at some point that it was ludicrous for me to think of myself as Wesley Stace, publish novels as Wesley Stace, be Wesley Stace and not have it released as Wesley Stace.
The reason I did the name change is simple. I wrote a bunch of autobiographical material and I was really enjoying myself doing it, and in two of the songs I quote two different people (referring to me as Mr. Stace). And it just hit me at some point that it was ludicrous for me to think of myself as Wesley Stace, publish novels as Wesley Stace, be Wesley Stace and not have it released as Wesley Stace.
जिन लोगों को आप शायद खो सकते हैं, वे वे लोग हैं जो किसी बड़े बोर्ड पर नाम देखकर कहते हैं, "अरे, जॉन वेस्ले हार्डिंग गा रहे हैं। मैंने 20 साल पहले उन्हें गाते देखा था।" लेकिन अगर वे 'वेस्ले स्टेस' देखेंगे, तो शायद इन दोनों बातों को आपस में जोड़ ही न पाएं।
The people you might lose are the people who look at a marquee and are like, "Oh, John Wesley Harding is playing. I went to see him play 20 years ago." But if they see Wesley Stace, they might make absolutely no link between those two things at all.
The people you might lose are the people who look at a marquee and are like, "Oh, John Wesley Harding is playing. I went to see him play 20 years ago." But if they see Wesley Stace, they might make absolutely no link between those two things at all.
मुझे लगता है कि ज़्यादातर फैंस मेरे लेखन करियर से वाकिफ हैं और कई सालों से मेरा असली नाम जानते हैं।
I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.
I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.
मेरे लिए, किसी और के मुकाबले, एक स्टेज नेम रखना बेतुका लगता है, और मुझमें तथा जॉन वेस्ले हार्डिंग में कोई खास फर्क नहीं था। उस सीमा को खींचने की कोई ज़रूरत ही नहीं थी। बस, अनजाने में वह लकीर खिंच गई।
With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding. There wasn't any need to draw that line. I just happened to draw it.
With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding. There wasn't any need to draw that line. I just happened to draw it.
अगर किसी ने मुझसे पूछा होता, "क्या तुम अगले 25 सालों बाद जॉन वेस्ले हार्डिंग कहलाना चाहोगे या वेस्ले स्टेस?" तो मेरा जवाब वेस्ले स्टेस होता, लेकिन तब मुझे इस बात का अंदाज़ा नहीं था।
If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.
If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.
अगर 1988 में मुझसे किसी ने कहा होता कि मैं 25 साल बाद भी संगीत बना रहा हूँगा, तो शुरू में तो मैं सदमे से बेहोश हो जाता क्योंकि मुझे इस बात पर बिल्कुल यकीन नहीं होता।
If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.
If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.
मैंने शुरुआत में यह नाम एक मुखौटे की तरह लिया था क्योंकि मैं नहीं चाहता था कि लोगों को पता चले कि मैं पाँच महीने चलने वाले किसी बकवास संगीत करियर की शुरुआत करने जा रहा हूँ। और उन दिनों बहुत से लोग अजीब-अजीब नाम रख लेते थे।
I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a s****y musical career that would last five months. And a lot of people took funny names back then.
I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a s****y musical career that would last five months. And a lot of people took funny names back then.
मुझे एक ऐसे लेखक से ज़्यादा और किसी चीज़ से प्यार नहीं जो गा भी सके, या एक ऐसे संगीतकार से जिसकी किताब आई हो।
There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.
There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.
लोगों को अपनी कला से जीवंत कर देने में एकमात्र समस्या यह है कि वे पैसे मांगने की जिद करते हैं, इसके विपरीत कोई लेखक बिना किसी शुल्क के भी अपनी रचना पढ़कर सुना सकता है।
The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.
The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.