And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

作者自己也这小说里写道：“我曾试着去和身边人,传达那种我想成为黑人的强烈感觉，但没人能听进去。

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Play every kind of music. Listen... I would say the best advice is, listen to music you don't like.

演奏各种音乐。听着，我想说，最好的建议就是听你不喜欢的音乐。

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So I don't listen to it so much anymore because I feel like I had so much of that as a kid.

所以我现在不太听了，因为在我小时候已经听得够多了。

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