Michael Jackson: My Honest Truth

Michael Jackson: My Honest Truth

 

Well if I sat here and played some ¹⁾chords whatever and say I’m going to write the best song I’ve ever written, nothing happens. Something in the heavens has to say, “Look, this is the time that this is going to be laid on you, and this is when I want you to have it” Artists seem to get in the way of the music, get out of the way of the music, you know, don’t, write the music. Let the music write itself.

You know he practiced us with a belt in his hands and if you missed a step he would ²⁾tear you up. I got it a lot of times, he was ³⁾tough. I don’t think he realized to this day how scared, so scared that we would ⁴⁾regurgitate.

That's why to this day I don’t ⁵⁾lay a finger on my children. I don’t want them to ever feel that way about me, ever. And he didn’t allow us to call him Daddy. You know I wanted to call him Daddy so bad. He said I’m not Daddy, I’m Joseph. I don’t allow my children to call me Michael; I say I’m Daddy, just the opposite. So when people say the ⁶⁾abuse, abuse?--That’s not true!

I've said it many times. My greatest inspiration² comes from kids, every song I write, every dance I do, all the poetry I write is all inspired from that level of ⁷⁾innocence³, that ⁸⁾consciousness⁴ of purity⁵ and children have that. I see God in the face of children, and, I just love being around that all the time.

I've had no ⁹⁾plastic surgery on my face, just my nose, it helped me breathe better so I can hit higher notes-as I can remember, just two.

Everybody in Hollywood get plastic surgery. Plastic surgery wasn’t invented for Michael Jackson. Just that though, not the whole face, just the nose, they try to say, “Why did you change it?” It’s not true-it’s just the nose.

I was changing, I’m telling you the honest truth: I don’t do anything to my face.

 

迈克尔·杰克逊——我的故事，我的心

我的音乐态度

呃，如果我坐在这里，弹弹和弦什么的，说我要写出自己有史以来最棒的歌，那什么都出不来。天堂里有把声音会说，看，这就是我要把它交给你的时候了，就是这时候我想你得到它。艺术家似乎参与音乐但又逃离音乐，也就是，不要去写音乐。让音乐自己发挥出来。

我的童年阴影与儿童的关系

他（爸爸）训练我们时手里拿着根皮带。如果你踏错了一个舞步他会把你撕个粉碎。我挨了好多次揍了，他脾气暴躁得很。我觉得他时至今日都意识不到那是怎样的害怕，我们（兄弟们）害怕得老是恶心呕吐。

就因为这，我到今时今日也不会对我的孩子动手。我不想他们对我也有同样的感觉，永远也不要。他不让我们叫他“爸爸”，你知道啊，我想叫他“爸爸”想得多厉害。但他说，我不是“爸爸”，我是“约瑟夫”。我不准我的孩子叫我“迈克尔”，我说我是“爸爸”，刚好相反。所以别人说我虐待（孩子），虐待？没那回事！

我说过好多次了。我最伟大的灵感源自小孩子。我写的每首歌，我跳的每段舞以及我写的所有诗都来自对那种天真和那份纯洁的感悟，而那正是小孩子所拥有的。我从小孩子的脸上看到了上帝，我总是喜欢在其周围。

我对自己的脸的辩解

我从没在我的脸上动过手术，只是我的鼻子动过，因为它方便我呼吸，让我可以唱出更高的调子—就我记得的，就只是动过两次。

好莱坞的每个人都动过整形手术。整形手术并不是为迈克尔·杰克逊而发明的。不过就只是鼻子而已，不是整张脸。只是鼻子，他们总是问，你为什么老是整容？那不是真的，仅仅鼻子而已。　

我那时一直（因成长）改变着，我现在告诉你的是确凿的事实：我不会对自己的脸做什么。

 

注释:

1) chord¹ [kC:d] n. 弦, 和音

2) tear up 撕碎

3) tough [tQf] a. 凶恶的, 粗暴的

4) regurgitate [ri(:)5^E:dViteit] v.(使)涌回,(使)反刍

5) lay a finger on 动手打

6) abuse [E5bju:z] n. 虐待, 辱骂

7) innocence [5inEsns] n. 清白

8) consciousness [5kCnFEsnis] n. 意识,觉悟

9) plastic surgery整形手术

1 chord   

n.和弦，和音，弦，心弦

参考例句：

• Her speech struck a deep chord in my heart.她的话深深地拨动了我的心弦。
• This is a chord of a circle.这是个圆的弦。

2 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

3 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

4 consciousness   

n.意识，觉悟，知觉

参考例句：

• The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
• He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。

5 purity   

n.纯净，纯洁，纯度

参考例句：

• She was a woman of purity and goodness.她是一位纯洁善良的妇女。
• The white colour is a symbol of purity.白色是纯洁的象征。