यह बात अपने आप में कमाल है कि मैं आज खुलकर यह कह सकता हूँ कि मैं समलैंगिक (गे) हूँ! यह बहुत अच्छी बात है कि मुझे इसे छिपाना नहीं पड़ता, लेकिन यह बात और भी ज्यादा शानदार होगी अगर आने वाले बीस सालों में यह कोई मुद्दा ही न रहे।
The fact that I can ever be open about my being gay is amazing! It's great that I don't have to hide it, but also it would be really nice if, in twenty years, it's not even a thing.
The fact that I can ever be open about my being gay is amazing! It's great that I don't have to hide it, but also it would be really nice if, in twenty years, it's not even a thing.
जाहिर है, मुझे लगता है कि अपने इतिहास को पलटकर देखना बहुत जरूरी है, और इसीलिए मुझे लगता है कि 'प्राइड' (Pride) जैसे आयोजन बहुत अहम हैं। यह जरूरी नहीं कि यह सिर्फ आपके अपने जीवन के अनुभवों के बारे में हो, न ही इस बारे में कि समलैंगिक होना आपके लिए कितना मुश्किल रहा है; बल्कि यह इस सच्चाई के बारे में है कि लोगों ने सैकड़ों सालों तक इस बात को समाज में स्वीकार्य बनाने के लिए संघर्ष किया है, और इस बात को भी याद रखने के लिए कि दुनिया के कई देश ऐसे हैं जहाँ आज भी यह स्वीकार्य नहीं है और समलैंगिक होना बहुत खतरनाक है।
Obviously I think it's really important to look back at your history, and that's why I think things like Pride are important. It's not necessarily about your experience of life, it's not about whether you find it difficult to be gay; it's about the fact that people have fought over hundreds of years for this to be okay, and also that there are many countries in the world where it's still not, and it's very dangerous to be gay.
Obviously I think it's really important to look back at your history, and that's why I think things like Pride are important. It's not necessarily about your experience of life, it's not about whether you find it difficult to be gay; it's about the fact that people have fought over hundreds of years for this to be okay, and also that there are many countries in the world where it's still not, and it's very dangerous to be gay.
बहुत से लोगों के लिए मेरी नौकरी बहुत बड़ी और शानदार चीज़ है, इसलिए वे कहते हैं, "ओह, वाह! तुम एक संगीतकार हो, कमाल है!" कुछ लोग आपसे कहते हैं, "हे भगवान, तुम एक पत्रकार हो!" और कुछ लोग कहते हैं, "क्या, तुम एक थेरेपिस्ट हो? यह तो अविश्वसनीय है!" तो एक हद तक, हर किसी के जीवन में ऐसे लोग होते हैं जिनसे आप बिना किसी गहरी बातचीत के या उन्हें जाने-परखे ही प्रभावित हो जाते हैं। आप बस मन ही मन सोचते हैं, "ओह्ह, इनका काम कितना शानदार है!"
To a lot of people, my job is really fancy, so they're like, "Oh, whoah, you're a musician, wow!" Some people go to you, "Oh my god, you're a journalist!" And some people go, "What, you're a therapist? That's incredible!" So everyone, to a certain extent, has other people that you get impressed by, without even having a proper conversation or getting to know them. You're just like, "Oohhh, they're a bit fancy!"
To a lot of people, my job is really fancy, so they're like, "Oh, whoah, you're a musician, wow!" Some people go to you, "Oh my god, you're a journalist!" And some people go, "What, you're a therapist? That's incredible!" So everyone, to a certain extent, has other people that you get impressed by, without even having a proper conversation or getting to know them. You're just like, "Oohhh, they're a bit fancy!"
लोग सोचते हैं कि मैं बहुत कूल हूँ—यह मेरे काम का कमाल है! असल ज़िंदगी में मैं बिल्कुल भी कूल नहीं हूँ, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि अगर आपके पास अपने विचारों पर भरोसा करने की हिम्मत है और आप खुद पर विश्वास रखते हैं, तो लोग शायद आपको कूल मानेंगे, भले ही अंदर से आप एक बड़े अजीब से इंसान हों। हर किसी का काम ऐसा होता है जो किसी और के लिए बहुत शानदार हो सकता है!
People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if you have the courage of your convictions, and you're confident in yourself, people will maybe think that you are even if you're really a massive dork. Everyone has a different job where, to someone else, your job is really fancy!
People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if you have the courage of your convictions, and you're confident in yourself, people will maybe think that you are even if you're really a massive dork. Everyone has a different job where, to someone else, your job is really fancy!
पॉप म्यूज़िक अक्सर दिल टूटने जैसी बातों पर होता है, या फिर ऐसे गाने होते हैं जैसे, "मैं तुमसे हमेशा प्यार करूंगा," या "तुम इन दिनों बहुत हॉट हो," या "मैं सचमुच महसूस कर सकता हूँ," या "हमें साथ होना चाहिए।" ऐसे गाने बहुत कम होते हैं जो यह कहें, "मैं अभी-अभी कमरे में आया हूँ और अब मेरे पास कहने को कुछ नहीं है क्योंकि मैं इतना झेंप गया हूँ क्योंकि तुम मुझे बहुत पसंद हो।" प्यार के उस अजीबोगरीब पहलू पर बात करने वाले गाने कम ही मिलते हैं; कि कैसे किसी पर आपका ऐसा क्रश हो सकता है जो वास्तव में आपको पूरी तरह पंगु बना दे।
Pop music often deals with subject matter like breakups, or you have songs that are like, "I will love you forever," or "you're so hot right now," or "I really feel you," or "We should be together." There aren't that many songs that are like, "I just walked into the room and now I have nothing to say because I feel so awkward because I fancy you so much." There's not as many songs that deal with that awkward bit about love; about how you can really have such a huge crush on someone that actually is completely disabling.
Pop music often deals with subject matter like breakups, or you have songs that are like, "I will love you forever," or "you're so hot right now," or "I really feel you," or "We should be together." There aren't that many songs that are like, "I just walked into the room and now I have nothing to say because I feel so awkward because I fancy you so much." There's not as many songs that deal with that awkward bit about love; about how you can really have such a huge crush on someone that actually is completely disabling.
एक ऐसा गाना लिखना मुझे बहुत बेईमानी लगेगा जो बहुत नखरे वाला या अत्यधिक आत्मविश्वासी हो, क्योंकि मैं कोई बहुत ज्यादा आत्मविश्वासी इंसान नहीं हूँ। मुझे लगता है कि लोग मेरे काम में इसी बात को दिलचस्प पाते हैं; इसके बोल बहुत अलग होते हैं।
I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think that's what people find interesting about what I do; it's very different lyrically.
I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think that's what people find interesting about what I do; it's very different lyrically.
ज़ाहिर है जब आप किसी गाने में कहानी की बात करते हैं, अंतरा से मुखड़े की तरफ बढ़ने या किसी भी चीज़ की बात करते हैं, तो बात अलग होती है, लेकिन आपके अंदर यह समझ होनी चाहिए कि कोई धुन या बात किसी भी तरफ कैसे प्रवाहित हो सकती है।
It's different obviously with a song when you're talking about narrative, you're talking about the verse leading into the chorus or whatever it is, but you have to have a sensibility of how something would flow either way.
It's different obviously with a song when you're talking about narrative, you're talking about the verse leading into the chorus or whatever it is, but you have to have a sensibility of how something would flow either way.
मैं असल आवाज़ों (फाउंड साउंड्स) के साथ जो शुरू कर चुका हूँ उसे सचमुच आगे बढ़ाना चाहता हूँ, साथ ही अपने अतीत से भी चीज़ें उधार लेना चाहता हूँ, ताकि इसमें मेरे बड़े होने का पूरा सफ़र झलके।
I really want to continue what I've already started with found sounds, but start borrowing from my past as well, so that it really spans me growing up.
I really want to continue what I've already started with found sounds, but start borrowing from my past as well, so that it really spans me growing up.
एक तरह से यह समय के किसी पल की रिकॉर्डिंग है, जहाँ मैं शारीरिक रूप से मौजूद था, और अब यह हमेशा-हमेशा के लिए एक गाने में कैद हो गया है। यह बहुत अजीब है। मैंने गाना लिखा था, लेकिन मैं उसमें शारीरिक रूप से भी मौजूद हूँ क्योंकि मैंने कुछ ऐसा रिकॉर्ड किया है जो उसके अंदर है।
A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song for all eternity, in a way. It's really weird. I had written the song, but I'm also physically there in a way I'm physically inside the song, because I've recorded something that's in there.
A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song for all eternity, in a way. It's really weird. I had written the song, but I'm also physically there in a way I'm physically inside the song, because I've recorded something that's in there.
शब्दों और गीतों के मामले में, आपकी पहली एल्बम ज़ाहिर है आपके पिछले कुछ सालों के जीवन पर आधारित हो सकती है, लेकिन दुनिया के सामने आने वाली आपकी वह पहली एल्बम आपके जीवन में उस पल तक के हर उस अनुभव के बारे में भी होती है जो आपने कभी जिया है।
Your debut record, in terms of lyrical content, can be about the last couple of years of your life obviously, but your first record into the world is also about everything else that you've ever experienced in your life until that moment.
Your debut record, in terms of lyrical content, can be about the last couple of years of your life obviously, but your first record into the world is also about everything else that you've ever experienced in your life until that moment.
पॉप संगीत की एक अद्भुत बात यह है कि यह लोगों को आश्वस्त और सशक्त महसूस कराने के लिए होता है।
One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.
One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.
अतीत वास्तविक नहीं है क्योंकि वह इतिहास बन चुका है, और भविष्य वास्तविक नहीं है क्योंकि वह अभी तक आया नहीं है। मुझे यह बात पसंद है, यह आभासी वास्तविकता (वर्चुअल रियलिटी) की याद दिलाती है, जो मुझे लगता है कि कभी-कभी हम जीवन के बारे में महसूस भी करते हैं।
The past isn't real because it's history, and the future isn't because it hasn't happened yet. I like it, it hints at virtual reality, which I think is how we sort of feel about life sometimes.
The past isn't real because it's history, and the future isn't because it hasn't happened yet. I like it, it hints at virtual reality, which I think is how we sort of feel about life sometimes.