I was thinking about my place in the universe, and about my first thought about what infinity might mean, when I was a child. And I thought that if time could reach forwards and backwards infinitely, doesn't that mean that every point in time is really infinitely small, and therefore somewhat meaningless. So we don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a time line. But nothing else does either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now. And so therefore this music you're about to hear is maybe the most important music you'll ever hear in your life.
Es bērnībā domāju par savu vietu Visumā un pirmo domu par to, ko varētu nozīmēt bezgalība. Un es domāju, ka, ja laiks varētu sniegties bezgalīgi tālu pagātnē un nākotnē, vai tas nenozīmētu, ka katrs laika punkts ir bezgalīgi mazs un tādējādi savā ziņā nenozīmīgs. Tāpēc mēs neeksistējam Visumā, vismaz ne laika nozīmē. Bet neeksistē arī nekas cits. Tāpēc katrs brīdis ir vissvarīgākais, kas vien noticis, ieskaitot šo pašu brīdi. Un tāpēc mūzika, ko tūlīt dzirdēsiet, ir, iespējams, pati svarīgākā, ko dzirdēsiet savā dzīvē.
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(Applause) Thank you. (Applause)
(Aplausi) Paldies. (Aplausi)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunate enough to meet afterwards, you could please refrain from saying, "Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real life." (Laughter) Because it's like the stage is an optical illusion, for some reason. (Laughter) Somewhat like the curving of the universe.
Ja man pēc tam laimējas jūs satikt, lūdzu, nesakiet: „Ak, Kungs! Tu dzīvē esi daudz īsāka.” (Smiekli) Jo skatuve ir kā optiska ilūzija, nezin kāpēc. (Smiekli) Līdzīgi kā Visums ir ieliekts.
I don't know what it is. I get asked in interviews a lot, "My god, you're guitars are so gigantic!" (Laughter) "You must get them custom made -- special, humongous guitars."
Nezinu, kāpēc tā. Intervijās man bieži saka: „Tavas ģitāras ir tik milzīgas!” (Smiekli) „Tās noteikti taisa pēc īpaša pasūtījuma. Īpašas, milzonīgas ģitāras.”
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(Applause) Thank you very much. (Applause)
(Aplausi) Liels paldies. (Aplausi)