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"For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation."
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"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."
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"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."
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"'Mean to' don't pick no cotton."
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"If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend."
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"The Eskimo has fifty-names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love."
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"Putting it into words will destroy any meaning."
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"Why people use "Was" I have heard some people to say "I was a smart kid at school - Eminem", but why "Was", was is a word for describing the past... which will mean that has started and ended... so what??? How to get it now? You aren't wise, are you?"
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"He is forced to coin words himself, and, taking his pain in one hand, and a lump of pure sound in the other (as perhaps the people of Babel did in the beginning), so to crush them together that a brand new word in the end drops out."
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"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."
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"Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing."
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"The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody."
Language
"People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States."
People
"But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words."
Music
"I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself."
People
"The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested."
People
"When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea."
Time
"In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning."
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"I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day."
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"I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house."
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"I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment."
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