Love Alicia Keys as a lyricist, I think she's one of the dopest musicians ever.

作为一个歌词作而言，我很喜欢艾丽西亚·凯斯，我觉得她是最棒的乐人之一。

I thought I'd be a songwriter at most.

-我以为我最多能当个歌词作。

He was nominated for best original score, along with lyrics writer Nell Benjamin.

与歌词作内尔·本杰明一起获得最佳原创配乐提名。

(Laughter) Another way that songwriters emotionalize our lyrics is the use of chords.

（笑声）歌曲作赋予歌词情感的另一种方式是用和弦。

I think that Mark Boland was one of the truly great lyric writers.

我认为马克·博兰德是一位真正伟大的歌词创作。

He was like, hey, there's this project I'm working on and I need a co-lyricist.

：“嘿，我正在做一个项目，需要一个合作的歌词作。”

A melody that still lacks words is virgin territory upon which a lyricist must tread lightly.

一段尚未填词的旋律是歌词作需要轻步踏上的处女地。

(Laughter) Another way that songwriters emotionalize our lyrics is the use of chords. Chords are just three to four notes played at the same time.

（笑声）歌词创作另一种让歌词充满情感的方式是用和弦。和弦就是同时演奏三到四个符。

Not every composer—technically any composer can write to any lyric, and technically any lyric writer can write to any melody, but you've got to be able to do it well.

不是每个作曲家——从技术上讲，任何作曲家都可以写任何歌词，同样从技术上讲，任何歌词作都可以写任何旋律，但你必须能够把它写好。

One is the writing aspect and one of the things that really made me wanna become a writer, a songwriter, were great novelists and great short story writers.

一方面是写作方面，真正让我想成为一名作家、歌词作的是伟大的小家和短篇故事作家。

At this point, you know, as a songwriter and as a lyricist, I'm really trying to, like, dig in to the dark corners of my my life and my feelings.

-到了这一点，你知道，作为一个作曲家和歌词作，我真的很努力地去挖掘我生活中和情感中的阴暗角落。

As someone who planned on being a songwriter and not an artist, do you enjoy performing live or do you get stage fright or is it a little bit of both?

作为一个原本打算当歌词作而不是艺术家的人，你是否喜欢现场表演， 还是会怯场， 或两都有点？

It was, according to the writer of the lyrics of the song, the words of the song, Johnny Mercer, inspired by a moon shining on a river near the place where Mercer grew up in Savannah, Georgia.

根据这首歌的歌词作，约翰尼·默瑟 (Johnny Mercer) 的歌词，灵感来自照耀在默瑟在佐治亚州萨凡纳 (Savannah) 长大的地方附近河流上的月亮。

The lyrics, by songwriters and music biz journeymen J.R. Rotem and Evan Kidd Bogart, Quoted several well-known 80s pop hits, like A-ha's Take On Me, Cutting Crew's I Just Died In Your Arms, and Modern English's I Melt With You.

歌词由词曲作兼乐行业资深人士J.R. Rotem和Evan Kidd Bogart创作，引用了几首广为人知的80年代流行金曲，如A-ha乐队的《Take On Me》、Cutting Crew乐队的《I Just Died In Your Arms》以及Modern English乐队的《I Melt With You》。