不可能错过王力宏的第一次 First Times

遮掉阳光的那一面，你会看见怎样的王力宏？

Lee-hom grew up just like any other young Americans. Born and bred in New York ,he was once a rebellious kid, got himself involved in fights, ran away from home ;made mistakes on stage, fell in love secretly, got grounded by mum, moved to tears by the performance of a symphony orchestra......
王力宏的成长经验，和一般ABC小孩没什么不同，在纽约出生长大的他，也曾经叛逆、打架、离家出走；上台表演“凸槌”、暗恋女生不敢追、被妈妈处罚禁闭、听交响乐感动落泪.......

First Time On Stage
第一次上台表演，好兴奋！

Lee-hom did his first performance at the age of 9." It was a recital organized by my teacher where all his students took part. I was very excited ! " The pieces being performed were familiar to most people. Lee-hom found everything to be exciting,there was no fear until the moment he was to go on stage. " I was sitting down stage, holding my violin waiting for my turn, I felt a little bit nervous. "
九岁那年，王力宏第一次站上舞台表演，他回想当时的心情：“那是我的老师办的演奏会，他的学生都上台表演，我觉得满兴奋、满喜欢的！”因为演奏的曲目都是大家很熟悉的，对王力宏来说，这是一件很开心的事情，所以心情始终处于兴奋状态，只有在上台前才感到少许紧张，“那时我坐在台下，抱着小提琴，心里数着什么时候轮到我，有点紧张。”

The first performance was a success but something went wrong in a performance in high school. " I was totally lost and I had repeated the piece more than once. That was the worst ! " It was Lee-hom's solo violin recital, he had a pianist who accompanied him on the piano. When the disaster occurred, the pianist could not follow and stopped to search the score. Lee-hom went on playing his violin so that no one would notice his mistake."
第一次演出非常顺利，不过高中三年级那次的表演就出了大差错。“有一首歌我完全迷路了，因为太投入，所以不知道已经演奏到第二还是第三遍，又重复演奏，那是最离谱的一次！”那场是王力宏个人的小提琴演奏会，有位钢琴手帮他伴奏，王力宏出状况时，钢琴手因为找不到王力宏的旋律，只好停下来找谱，王力宏则镇定地继续演出，不让别人发现他的错误。

My teacher instilled an important notion : never stop even if you made a mistake. " Lee-hom feels that as long as he acts natural, it will not be noticable to the audience because they are not experts in music ; if he stops, the audience will feel panic. " I am the one who is steering, I will go on until I reach my destination. " Lee-hom does get upset on flaws in his peformance. However, he does not get emotional on stage but he will make a self-criticism after the performance.
老师给了我一个观念，就算‘凸槌’也不能停下来让人家知道。”王力宏觉得只要自己表现得很自然，观众其实不会发现，因为他们不是那么专业；而且如果中断表演坦白出错，观众也会跟着你紧张。“是我在控制方向盘，我一定要开到底。”王力宏对自己的失误会感到很懊恼，但他一定在事后才检讨，不会在舞台上闹情绪。


Fighting ?
和哥哥打架，好刺激！

Can you imagine Lee-hom fighting ? Lee-hom says that he is a good natured person and he has never fight with anyone before except with his brother...but that was not the real fighting.
你能想象优质俊俏的王力宏打架的模样吗？王力宏说他的脾气温和，没有人别人打架的经验，倒是和自己的哥哥打打闹闹了好几年，还曾因此意外骨折。

" At the beginning we were just having fun and we knew our limits, no one will be hurt. There was a period where we would fight 5 to 6 times in a week. "
“刚开始是好玩，像玩摔跤，看谁能打得重，后来愈打愈重，就真的打起来。可是会有限度，不会让对方受伤。”

So who was the winner ? " My brother won most of the time. He's older, taller,fatter and heavier than me. " There was once when Lee-hom and his brother was 'playing' fighting, the ground was slippery, Lee-hom fell accidentally and ended up with his arm wrapped in a cast.
王力宏说，有几年的时间，兄弟俩一周大概会打个五、六次。谁是赢家？王力宏笑说：“通常都是我哥会嬴，他大我两岁半，比我高、比我胖、比我重。”有一次，两人又在‘玩’打架，因为地上结冰很滑，王力宏一个不小心摔倒，压到手而骨折，还上了石膏。

First love, so sweet!
初恋滋味，好甜蜜！

Lee-hom's first love came by when he was 13. She wasnew in school and both of them took part in the school play. Even though Lee-hom liked her a lot but he never told her so. They became the best of friends and she had got a boyfriend of her own.
王力宏的初恋，严格说来，应该是暗恋。十三岁那年，王力宏参与学校舞台剧。“她很漂亮，那时才刚来我们学校。”王力宏虽然喜欢她，却爱在心里口难开，“我没有追，我暗恋她，后来成为好朋友，她也有男朋友了。”四、五年后，王力宏才跟她表白：“那时候我喜欢妳”，对方怪他：“你怎么不说？”后来王力宏演过不少有吻戏的舞台剧，他自嘲道：“台上接吻比台下多”，不过恋爱经验没有随着吻戏次数递增。

Grounded For A Month
禁足一个月，好郁闷！

How do you punish a disobedient child ? The first time Lee-hom was grounded onemonth for coming back late after a baseball match. He did not know that the match was held out of town. When he got home by bus, it had already passed the time he had promised his parents earlier.
不听话的孩子，怎么处罚？教育孩子很有一套的王妈妈，曾经禁足王力宏一个月，而且让王力宏心服口服，“游戏规则就是这样，要玩就要遵守。

" When I got home at 2am, mum and dad were there in the living room waiting for me. I knew I was finished. "

”第一次被禁足（除了上学，哪里都不能去）一个月，是因为和朋友去看球赛，回家时已是凌晨两点，“爸妈都在客厅等我，我一看就知道完了！”

Apart from attending school he was not allowed to go anywhere else for a month. The second time was Halloween, Wang Mama had told Lee-hom to call home if he was to come home late.
因为不知道球赛地点在城外，王力宏搭巴士来回，错过他承诺父母的时间，以致被禁足。第二次是在万圣节，王力宏和朋友玩得太晚，妈妈事前已交代他，如果晚回家要先打电话让家人知道，

" Other kids don't have to call home, I'll loose face if I do so."Therefore Lee-hom was grounded again. Do you feel ashamed ? " No, I even called up my friends and told them that I would not be able to play with them. "
“别的小孩不用打电话，我如果打电话，很没面子。”于是王力宏再次被禁足。会不会觉得很丢脸？王力宏说：“不会，我还打电话一一告诉朋友，让他们知道这段时间我都不能出去玩。”

The Most Unforgettable Picture
最难忘的画面：屋顶唱歌看星星

There was a roof top just outside Lee-hom's bedroom window. During the night when everyone had gone to sleep, he would climb out the window onto the roof. " I would lie down and look at the stars, play the violin and sing , like the fiddle on the roof. This is the most unforgettable picture."
在王力宏房间的窗外，有个屋顶。晚上，当全家人都入睡后，他经常从窗户爬到屋顶上，“躺在屋顶上看星星、拉小提琴唱歌，一直到天亮，像屋顶上的提琴手。”一个人仰望星斗，是王力宏最难忘的画面。因为邻居离王力宏家很远，住家附近又空旷，不会吵到家人和邻居。

The Most Electrified Moment
最触电的感觉：听波士顿交响乐团演奏

The first time Lee-hom saw the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform, he went alone,bought the ticket, got a good seat, looked, listened and cried. " I was very touched, they were so talented. I admired their creativity. " Lee-hom hopes to become a conductor in future. He is taking conducting courses to build up his dream.
王力宏第一次去听波士顿交响乐团演出，一个人去，买了票，做在很好的位子，看着、 听着、哭了。“我太感动、太羡慕了，他们有那样的才华。我最羡慕的是他们的创作力，太爱了！”王力宏梦想将来自己有这么一天，“我想当指挥家”，目前他已开始选修指挥课程，构筑梦想。


The Most Unforgettable City : New York
最难忘的城市：纽约

New York has his beloved family, the memories of his childhood days ; New York has the most familiar sceneries ; New York the most unforgettable city.
纽约，有他最亲爱的家人、有他成长的回忆；纽约，是他最熟悉的风景，也是他最难忘的城市。

"Everytime I step into New York city, I can feel the excitement. It's like anything can happen, your biggest dreams will be made possible there. " To Lee-hom, everything seems possible in New York.
“每次到纽约，一进入市区就会有很刺激、很兴奋的感觉，觉得你很有可能去发生任何事，你的梦想再大都可能完成。”一说起故乡纽约，王力宏眼睛就发亮，纽约对他来说，有无限的可能，

When Lee-hom and his friends visited New York , they felt that they could complete a Broadway show. Lee-hom had tried performing on the streets of New York. He put his hat on the ground and started singing. " It's good money ! Just one afternoon, I can have an excellent meal with my friends. "
他和一群朋友到纽约，就觉得可以完成一出百老汇剧。王力宏曾把帽子往地上一放，就在纽约的街头唱起歌来，他笑说：“很好赚耶！唱一个下午，就可以就朋友去吃一顿很棒的大餐！”王力宏，也曾经是纽约迷人的一部份。

The Most Unforgettable Movie
最难忘的电影：The Shining

Lee-hom has not the time to encounter "Ring", but he has seen many horror movies.The most terrifying would be "The Shining", starring Jack Nicholson. " That one's a classic. " Lee-hom was 15 or 16 when he saw that movie. " There were a few scenes which I dare not see, especially the twin sisters who were obsessed by the demon and the pavement flooded with blood ...... ! "
虽然还没时间领教“贞子”的威力，不过看过不少恐怖片的王力宏，觉得最恐怖、最难忘的电影是 Jack Nicholson 演的 "The Shining"，“那是恐怖片的经典”，王力宏看这部电影时约15、16岁，他说：“有几幕我还不敢看，尤其是被鬼附身的两个双胞胎姐妹，以及如洪水般倾泄而出、掩没走道的鲜血......！ ”

Things Which Lee-hom Carries With Him Most Of The Time
力宏总是带着的随身物件

His notebook and musical scores -- Music.Whenever Lee-hom is back in Taiwan for promotion, he will always bring along with him his beloved violin, his Mac notebook, musical scores which he uses in school,manuscript papers and sunglasses.
他的笔记型计算机和乐谱---都是相关音乐方面的。力宏不管什么时候回到台湾宣传一定都会带着他最钟爱的小提琴、他的麦金塔笔电、在学校使用的乐谱、手稿还有太阳眼镜。

Dream Guy

October 3, 2000 The Straits Times

By Yeow Kai Chai


But Wang wants to be loved for his voice -- not looks
Wang Lee Hom was recently voted the No. 1 sexual fantasy of Taiwanese girls. But if he had his way, he would rather people focus on his singing than his looks. The American-born Chinese singer goes behind the cameras for a special fashion spread with Life!.


Asian Ambition

Wang Lee Hom is so serious about his image that he does not smile at Life!'s photo shoot. What about his love life? Sorry, folks, he's not telling.

WANG LEE HOM, at the ripe old age of 24, is a very serious multi-hyphenate: singer-composer-arranger.

Who cares if he was nominated Taiwanese girls' No. 1 sexual fantasy in an online poll in July?

During his press conference, the classically-trained musician reminds journalists, time and again, about his wide-ranging musical interests, from classical to rock to funk.

Any question about relationships and love scenes is deflected deftly with the polite insouciance of an intensely-private, but well-brought-up boy.

"What was it like kissing Karen Mok? Aren't you afraid of people talking?" a wide-eyed scribe asks, referring to Wang's 30-second smooch with the Hongkong wild girl in Ashes To Ashes, a new anti-smoking, educational short film directed by Leslie Cheung.

The milliseconds tick by, air charged with expectancy.

"You can't worry about all these things when you're an actor," comes his slick reply, accented by a wee, but oh-so-telling shrug.

A rocker with less patience and more swagger would have stood up and walked away, but not Wang.

The New Yorker is too level-headed to be bothered by inanities.

FACING this reporter after the press conference, Wang demonstrates utmost professionalism.

He should be beat from a jam-packed schedule which saw him attending the charity show Affairs Of The Heart on Sunday and undergoing a busy round of interviews to promote his seventh album, Forever's First Day. But he is not.

Well, at least not on the surface. Demonstrating nary a sign of frazzled nerves, he shakes your hand and begins talking about himself on the sofa, impervious to the clatter of minders nearby.

The 1.8-m-tall lad locks you with his gaze while offering resolutely cogent answers to your probing, sometimes hackneyed queries.

An unruffled, attentive interviewee: What more could one ask for?

So, first things first. What is his attitude towards the paparazzi?

"Well, I haven't had it so bad, I don't have that many negative reports," demurs Wang. "Maybe it's got to do with the fact that I don't really talk about my personal life with the press. I withhold information, though all they want to know is my love life. They want to know the dirt. But, sorry, it's not public knowledge."

In eloquent American-English, he spits it out plainly, mien unchanging, placid even. Not an iota of distress from this dude who says he inherits patience from his doctor Dad and librarian Mum, who migrated from Taiwan to America.

"Anyway, all the relationship issues are in my songs," he offers, directing the focus smartly back to his craft.

WANG, as is abundantly clear, is proud of his latest Mandarin magnum opus, Forever's First Day, which has so far sold a brisk 10,000 copies in Singapore since its release in late June.

In Taiwan, it sold a whopping 200,000 copies.

The album took more than a year to record. He composed and arranged all 11 songs while finishing his Masters at Berklee College of Music last year. Best of all, it fulfilled his ambition of revitalising formulaic Mandopop with classical and R&B touches.


Next year, he plans to cut an English album and embark on his first world tour.

This innate sense of duty and integrity to introduce musical variety into the Chinese music scene was inspired by an unforgettable experience.

As a 17-year-old lad, he first listened to a Mandarin album, which happened to be Andy Lau's Forgettable Waters. It was not fortuitous.

"That was years ago," he groans. "Well, I didn't mean to say that everything he did was boring. It just sounded like all the kelian (pitiful) ballads! It's nothing personal."

Today, his idea of revolutionalising Chinese pop is exemplified by a simply jaw-droppin' dance cover of Descendent Of The Dragon, originally a heart-thumping folk anthem by Li Jianfu.

It is a version which should silence purists for good, and which "bananas" (Westernised Asians) should embrace, especially for its slang twang.

Why did he cover that song?

"It's just great timing," he explains. "There are obvious coincidences. I'm a Dragon. Li Jianfu is my maternal uncle. It means a lot to me personally, as well to my family and extended family. We are very proud that he wrote the song."

He adds: "Also I recorded it in 2000, the Year of the Dragon, which marks the beginning of the new millennium for the rise of Asia."

FOR Wang, the second of three brothers, music has become a platform for him to assert his identity as a new cosmopolitan Asian.

His recent forays into moviedom, like Stanley Tong's mega-action thriller, China Strike Force, opposite Hongkong superstar Aaron Kwok, American rapper Coolio and Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara, is, well, "a sideline thing".

Music, on the other hand, affords him the greatest freedom to forge a new millennial vision.

"There are so many different types of Chinese now," he philosophises. "There's Australian Chinese, South-East Asian Chinese, New Zealand Chinese, American Chinese, Canadian Chinese. Being Chinese doesn't mean you have to wear a ma gua (traditional robe for men). You can be just like...me!"

One stares at the gleaming Star of David dangling from his neck and his nascent Elvis sideburns.

So, what about this supposed rivalry between him and fellow Asian-American singer David Tao?

Wang cannot wait to give his side of the story.

"It's all imagined competition, this talk that we snubbed each other," he says. "We're really good friends. He'll come over to my house in Boston, and I'll just pop by his house. In fact, part of this album was recorded at his house in Los Angeles.

"It's all soooo stupid. The press just put two separate pictures of us looking pissed off, together.

"So it looks like we're giving each other dirty looks."

You laugh, nervously. He does not smile. But neither does he look angry.

ACTION speaks louder than words indeed. So, how serious is Wang when it comes to his music career?

At the Life! photo-shoot, the guy is firm, sure of what he wants, while unfailingly polite at the same time.

Of the eight outfits chosen for him, he agrees to wear only three. The other outfits are his own.

He also tells the stylist that he is conscious about the image he wants to project, which is that of a serious composer and not just another teen-pop singer. Which is why he seldom smiled for the camera.

It may seem naive of Wang to think that serious musicians do not smile, but hey, the five-year showbiz pro should know the inner workings of the music scene and how image is pivotal.

At the same time, the dude is wary of the trappings of awards and accolades.

"While it's nice to receive awards, I am very critical about who is giving them to me," the muso avers.

"An award doesn't mean anything..." he checks himself, then continues. "Let me put it in a positive way, an award means a lot to me if it's given to me by somebody I respect. Otherwise, I just wouldn't attend the event."

Smart words. All eyes will be watching the awards shows you do attend, Lee Hom.

A Pop Star-Musician

--September 19, 2000 The Straits Times

By Brian Cheong


In America, he pursues his music interest in total anonymity. It's a different scenario in Asia; here is his fan base where he basks in their adulation as a pop idol. Welcome to the world of contradictions that is Mandopop singer Wang Lee Hom.


East meets West. And never more intriguingly--or with more contradictions--than within Wang Lee Hom.

On the one hand, the New York-born singer's commitment to his craft is indisputable the way he goes on and on about production techniques, about wanting, no, needing to create a new international sound for Chinese music, a distinctive Asian-American identity.

On the other hand, Lee Hom (as he's known to his adoring fans) loves being a "pop star"--surely not a term associated with serious musicianship? Especially not with a man who wrote, produced and arranged his latest album on his own. Or someone who would rather consider Taiwanese singer-songwriters like Shunza and David Tao his peers than Hong Kong's huge pop idols.

But there it is: "I love it!" he declares.

"But as long as I don't let it lead my creativity. Rather, I hope it is the other way around. My pop is not purely pop because I incorporate elements like jazz and classical," he says of his seventh album, "Forever's First Day", released in Malaysia two months ago by Sony Music.

And let's not even get started on his dual identities: "I'm very American but I'm also very Chinese..."

He seems to be living proof that, occasionally, you do get to have the cake and eat it too.

Lee Hom's Malaysian promo tour from September 9 to 11 underlined the contradictions in his life. While the 23-year-old attracted huge crowds of teenage fans screaming for his attention just as any pop idol would, he also spoke with firm authority about music.

He does, after all, have four years of experience in the music business to draw on since he released his first album in 1996. He didn't reach genuine pop-idol status, though, until his sixth album Impossible to Miss You and its huge hit Julia--which, by the way, he said he wrote in five minutes while he was getting his hair cut!

His slow take-off could have something to do with the fact that catchy tunes like Julia are not exactly his choice for radio singles, although he did suspect that the record company would be plugging them.

"Personally, I like less commercial songs," he sighs, completely acknowledging for once how misplaced priorities are in the pop industry.

"And I'm not going to record an album in a week or release three albums in a year. That's a lot of pressure to handle."

He does consider himself lucky to be so young and new, relatively speaking, yet in control. That control allowed him to record what he considers a rather risky album.

"I'm always willing to take risks," he states unapologetically.

Even the risk of ticking off the press. He once wrote in exasperation in his diary which is available on the official Sony Music Taiwan website (http://www.sonymusic.com.tw): "I can spend an hour talking about music, and five minutes answering reporters' questions about my love life and the next day's newspapers come out all about my love life!"

To counteract the frivolous media, Lee Hom writes comprehensively in this webdiary about the musical virtues of First Day. He leads you not only into the concept or even a track-by-track guide, but a verse-for-verse introduction to the minutest detail and the philosophies behind each arrangement and song.

At a glance the essays may appear drudgingly dry, not something a fan who worships the idol more than the music would care to read.

But for those who bother to give them a careful read, these essays show that Lee Hom is much more than a pretty face with a great physique. And you feel much R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the lad for the sheer amount of effort and thought put into making the album.

Actually, his record label could have safely let Lee Hom loose behind the mixing console long before since he does have a major in music composition and he's doing his Master's at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music. In fact, he's been composing since he was a kid growing up in New York, when he used to write songs as birthday gifts.

Since then, it's been a steady progression to reach First Day, which Lee Hom feels, is his best effort yet.

"I took the most time to work on this album. It's been doing well despite the fact that I only did 11 days of promotion in Taiwan compared with two months previously."


Up close and personal

When we finally meet for a proper interview, Lee Hom is already on the last leg of his promo tour. Tired may be an understatement. But even though he has been bombarded by questions endlessly in the last two days, the singer is talkative and perceptive. Yes, he is also very nice.

You have talked about your music but hardly said anything about your singing. How did you train that baritone?

I have an independent vocal coach, Dr William Riley. He also coaches Celine Dion and Michael Bolton.

He was introduced to me by Sony Music in New York last year. He taught me a lot about vocal production. He does not influence you with a particular kind of vocal style but, rather, he teaches you how to sing correctly, how not to hurt yourself when you're singing for a long period of time and how to avoid getting tired.

How would you rate yourself as a singer?

(Smiles) To me, the voice and my composing, producing and arranging is one single presentation.

I write for my voice, I know what kind of songs I don't sing very well and those that I do. (Pauses)

I want to be a great artist. I never thought David Bowie was a good singer because he's very raw. But pop music is about feeling and it is more important for an artist to have a unique quality. I strive to be unique.

There is nothing wrong in deliberately writing pop music. But within the big commercial picture, I still want to have my own unique ideas and styles. And I think I did that with this album. There's a deeper kind of appreciation.

How much creative control do you have?

I have all the say on this album. The company just gave me the budget and I got complete control.

This happened only after I received the Best Producer nod at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan last year.

How do you feel when your fans get all excited over you?

I want to be very open to my fans. When they really like you, it's such a nice feeling.

And when they hug you spontaneously?

That's adorable!

In the last few years you have been travelling for several months a year in Asia, receiving star treatment at every venue. When you return to the United States (to hometown Boston) do you have to make a huge adjustment to being just another regular guy?

I'm consistent as a human being. There's no difference between the Lee Hom in Asia and the one in the United States. Well, the only difference is that I probably don't shave and just wear my pyjamas around the apartment when I'm home!

But there were some strange moments when I would be walking in the streets of Boston (where he now lives) or New York and there was nobody whispering, "Hey, is that Lee Hom?'' (Laughs)

But it's important for me to have that balance. It's nice to just be a nobody and I can concentrate on composing, go to symphonies, visit museums.

Are you a loner?

Yes. I go from hotel to hotel and meet different people (in Asia). At night, when I don't work, when I'm back in my room, that's when I get to be more consistent as a human.

Would you say you're contemplative?

I'm a romantic person. I'm interested in existential philosophies, not the hard reasoning sort propounded by German philosophers.

How do your American friends react to your fame in Asia?

They don't know the concept of Mandopop. They don't even know the difference between Thailand and Taiwan.

But my closest friends who are also musicians, they know how hard it is to be one.

Do they envy you?

They envy the fact that I have a niche in the music world.

How do you remain so refreshingly scandal-free?

It's stupid sometimes. I'm personally not interested in reading about them (scandals) and playing to the press. Whenever there's a rumour, I just don't take part in it.

I'm willing to share a lot of my emotions in my songs. On all my albums, there are at least a couple of songs that are very autobiographical.

You've always been asked about what it is like to be a Chinese in a foreign land. But how American are you?

It's my identity to be half Chinese and half American. I like to break tradition through my music and remind people that you don't have to wear a qi pao (cheongsam) or be in Beijing to be a Chinese. With an attitude like this, it's easier to accept who you are.

What's your greatest fear?

That I won't live up to my expectations as a musician.

What do you love most about yourself?

That I'm never afraid to love other people.

What do you always say when you meet your family?

"Hey, we should go on a vacation!" Then they would go and I would not be able to join them.

Complete this sentence: If there's no music in this world...

Then there must have been a nuclear holocaust.


There is just no separating Lee Hom and music. He breathes it, lives it, hawks it, makes money out of it; it is an endless cycle that doesn't daunt him the slightest bit.

But underneath it all, he is just like every other youngster, whether in Boston, Taipei or Kuala Lumpur: "What's your favourite boyband?" I asked as he was being hurriedly ushered away for another interview.

"'N Sync!"

HOM Style

--October 2, 1999 8 Days Magazine


Boyish, handsome and articulate to boot, classically trained singer/songwriter Wang Lee Hom talks about the value of clean underwear and other similarly important issues.


You've seen him bouncing from wall to wall and jumping around like a hyper beagle in his music video. But nothing could be furthur from the real Wang Lee Hom, closet intellectual and musical prodigy. This 23-year-old ABC (American-born Chinese) is introspective, down-to-earth and lovely company for an afternoon of chit-chat.

You're young, talented and hot and this is going to sound so shallow but tell us what's your personal style?

Well, first off, most of my clothes don't categorise me. They don't make a statement saying: I'm a hippy/I'm a skate-boarder/I'm into death metal. Most of my clothes are just kind of natural so I can just be myself and feel comfortable. I don't shop a lot unless I have a new music video or a new album, then Sony takes me shopping with a professional image consultant and buys me thousands of dollars of clothes. I get to keep them. But back in school [Berkeley School of Music], I won't be wearing those leather trousers or shiny shirts. Good for raves but when you go to Music Theory Class, it's kind of odd!

Offstage, what do you wear?

I don't really dress up in my private life. It's liberating--I can do whatever I want, I can not shave, I don't have to do my hair etc. I can wear my glasses! In my apartment (Boston) in summer--go barefoot and no shirt! Or in the park reading and getting some sun. I believe in being yourself, having your personality come through. If it makes you feel good--do it. If you want to make your hair bright purple--go do it. I'm not a fan of fashion when it is a pressure to comform-- you know, if everone's got a Prada backpack you gotta buy one or else you're not hip enough. It's more what you are doing and how you look when you are doing it. Leonard Bernsten conducting the New York Philharmonic. I love that. True style comes from within...not from labels.

You seem to have thought about fashion a little bit. What labels do you go for?

(without missing a beat) Paul Smith Jil Sander Gucci Helmut Lang!

My goodness me, a veritable who's cool!

I like the classy stuff. Simple. Nothing extraneous, nothing too distracting. Jil makes you look really tall and the Gucci stuff is cool.

You must have been reading Harpers Bazaar!

No. Actually I read biographies. Right now I'm reading this biography of Sting.

Oh God! Trudie Styler!

Well, I like reading biographies of pop stars. They make me feel less lonely. You know, in the pop music industry, you can feel so alone. No one understands how it is. How alienated you feel from everyone else. It's interesting to read how pop stars weather these very specific obstacles in their lives.

What are you best gifts from your Mom and Dad?

That's easy! My musical ablities--though my parents are both not professional musicians, they love music and I grew up with lots of music always playing in the house. My mom sings very well. Also my intelligence. My IQ. My ability with languages. There is a lot I thank them for.

Including your good looks and other physical traits?

I don't think of myself as being particularly good-looking. Mmmm...let's see. I guess my frame. My build. My height. (Lee Hom is 1.79m tall.) I can get pretty skinny, so I work out. When I'm back in school, I work out at the gym every other day. When I'm working, like now--travelling and doing promos for my albums--it's hard. But I try to work out when I can. Maybe twice a week...

But there are gyms in hotels--surely it's easy for you to scoot up and huff and puff away.

[Minder in pink tights: (in Mandarin, shrilly, from across the room) Well it's hard because of time. He got in at 1:30am last night and had to get up at 7am this morning. Rehearsals, interviews,photo sessionsand more rehearsals later. He has no time to do anything.]

I feel really good after a good workout. Especially the cardio stuff. Also I play baseball with my friends.

I see a lot of ritzy stuff on your sink. What's your grooming regime?

I'm very hygenic. I have to get at least one shower a day. Even in winter, I brush my teeth at least twice a day--or three times. I try to be good and I floss. And every time before I sing, I brush my teeth. But my room is a pigsty.

What's you favourite music--you know, the stuff you bring with you on the road?

Real music! Stravinsky, Bartok, Leonard Bernstein, some jazz. I'm studying jazz. I love those Jazzers! A lot of the Jazzers like to have some kind of a mystique--a wise look, not too showy. Most Jazzers are humble and poor but dress dapper. I love that look. They know everything about music, those old guys, but they're very humble, you know, modest. Even if they're 25 they've seen the world. If you look into their eyes...a part of me is like that.

Complete the sentences: Looking stylish to me means...

...Being natural and having a casual attitude whatever I'm wearing. Interaction with people, and speaking well, can make all the difference.

The Cheapest thing in my wardrobe is...

I have lots of things that are hand-me-downs from Salvation Army sales. Umm...er...these jeans. Actually, these jeans (snugly fitting vintage boot-cut Levis 517) aren't cheap. I bought them in Taipei from a funky, used cowboy store for about US$40. Sony bought it. In the US, I have t-shirts that are like US$4. I've got lots of cheap clothes!

What's the one thing you can't live without?

A clean pair of underwear is absolutely essential! (laughs) My fashion philosophy is if I've got clean underwear and clean socks, then I'm set. I'm fine, I like switching it up between briefs and boxers...Sony doesn't buy my underwear, nobody buys my underwear. I buy my underwear!

王力宏：写首情歌给恋人

资料来源：女友2000.1-1 NO.151期

1999年，少男少女最迷哪个歌手？很多人会告诉你，是那个长着双‘电眼’的帅哥王力宏！

在新一代的年轻歌手中，王力宏无疑是相当具有实力的一位，无论是歌喉还是外形，皆具有一定的水准，轻易地就获得了FANS的青睐，从里到外都流溢着时尚的动感，被人称做1999年国语乐坛的“镀金音乐才子”。除了唱功上不俗外，有些歌曲不单是词曲创作，甚至连编曲、程式设计、键盘、钢琴、吉他、和声都由他一人包办。

四年前的王力宏就已经出道了，他今天的漂亮成绩单是与他的聪明和音乐素质分不开的，但其中他所付出的勤奋却也是艰辛的。所以也就才有他以23岁研究生的身份击败众多实力歌手，一举夺下台湾最具权威性的金曲奖的“最佳男歌手”“最佳制作人”奖。

标题一：天生我才必有用

这位人气升得最快的歌手是在美国出生、美国长大的。王妈妈、王爸爸在有小力宏之前已有一子，为了让正在孕育中的孩子（就是后来的帅哥王力宏）更聪明、更健康，王妈妈做足了胎教。那段时间里王爸王妈到处搜罗胎教盒带，先由两人一起挑选，然后再天天放给胎儿力宏听，果不其然，从小王力宏就展现出了极高的音乐天赋：2岁学小提琴、6岁学钢琴、13岁便开始作曲写歌。回忆起小时侯，力宏已忘了练琴的苦，只记得有一次妈妈随口说有一首曲子他弹的退步了，他便决心一定要让妈妈收回这句话。连着几天，他都坐在琴房刻苦练习。一天晚餐时找不着他，爸爸妈妈都急坏了，最后才发现他太累了，竟在琴房睡着了。

像许多偶像一样，王力宏步入星坛也是无心插柳的。“四年前我初到台湾，当时没有什么打算，有一天拿着吉他到餐厅吃饭，看到一个歌唱比赛广告，便报着去玩心态参加了。真的只为玩，然后有唱片公司找我，便开始出唱片。”19岁时，王力宏发行了首张国语个人专辑《情敌贝多芬》，只可惜没有成功，碟片发行成绩平平。“当时的心情当然是坏透了，但我知道，如果只有懊恼，那就什么也别想做了。”没有气馁的王力宏，分析了自己的现状，毅然转投SONY唱片公司，卧薪尝胆，用心拼打，共出版了六张个人专辑和一张精选辑，累计销量超过150万张。港台的当红歌星像他一样优秀的也许很多，但却没有他的身份??研究生歌王。虽然知道天生我才比有用，虽然最终获得大奖，可他仍旧很谦虚：“我原来以为最多只有50%的获奖希望，这次运气好，其余四位歌手比我更有资格获奖。获奖固然十分开心，但面对边随而来的压力，也只有更加努力。”

标题二：录音室怪癖

知道“优质偶像”王力宏在录音室里的“隐秘”么？录音的时候，哇噻，他竟喜欢身上“一丝不挂”！难道不怕曝光吗？“我都是在家里的录音室录音，所以不怕有人看到。因为录音时我想BE FREE，这样唱起歌来比较轻松，我会唱得更自在。”

另外他还有一些怪癖，录音前先刷牙，“刷了牙感觉比较干净，咬字也会比较清楚；吃饭之后唱歌，会有东西在嘴里，很不舒服。”在衣橱里录音，是这位靓仔的独创：“我很多歌曲都是在衣橱里录的，里头比较干，而且有隔音效果，不怕外头的冷气，卡车的声音。声音没有回弹，录音比较好。”再就是他还往录音室墙上贴 ‘大字报’，“怕忘掉歌词，所以录一首歌之前，都会把歌词粘在墙上。”到录音结束的时候，整间录音室的墙上都是歌词和乐谱。

到了进行专辑制作的时候，王力宏会“从白天到黑夜”不停地制作。“即使去上课，也会有一些人在我的工作室里帮我打扫，为录音带编目录等等。每一次做完一首，我会去外面透一透气，不然录音室这么小，会感到幽闭恐怖。我有时会一直在录音室里呆足足18个小时，能到外面玩一玩时，感觉真的太棒了！”

拍MTV的时候，王力宏也神采飞扬，简直要和体操运动员一较身手。大家一定对《公转自转》的MTV记忆犹新，其中力宏360`腾空旋转的高难度动作给人印象深刻。这次在MTV《不可能错过你》中再度展现空中飞人的本领，腾空跳跃横跨三个场景，导演要他在看似居家的场景中做许多高难度动作，而爬天花板、劈腿飞跃桌面、跳跃接花瓶等力宏样样照单全收，完全难不倒他。其实，王力宏小时侯的确受过体操训练。不过，他除了过人的身手外，胆子也不小。其中有一幕站子靶前面对迎面射来的飞镖，在一旁射飞镖的工作人员因害怕自己误射力宏而脸色发青时，王力宏仍面不改色看看耳朵旁的飞镖说：“还有没有？”

标题三：KISS经验，初恋秘密

目前声势如日中天的王力宏，已成为许多女孩心中的偶像，褪下这些掌声及喝彩，王力宏这个大男孩的内心感情世界同样令人世界同样令人好奇不已。

他的初恋发生在读高中的时候。他喜欢的女孩是同学，彼此虽然互相有意，但终究跨不过朋友的界限，维持着微妙的关系，后来终于不了了之。虽未真正与对方交往，当王力宏认为这是自己的初恋，当真是‘爱在心里口难开’。谈及第一次约会及KISS的经验，王力宏给了一个令人莞尔的答案??居然是在话剧公演中！他说14岁时参加学校的戏剧公演，担任男主角，其中有一场戏是男女主角亲吻的戏，于是，就这样，小帅哥有了第一次的KISS接触。从小拥有女生缘的王力宏，最难忘的情人节是在14岁那年，因为那是他第一次同时收到很多女生送的巧克力，简直使他受宠若惊。

认为爱是“凡人无法抵挡的感觉，也是世上最美的音乐”，王力宏目前虽没有知心伴侣一起过情人节，但谈及未来情人节会如何表示心意，他倒是给了一个颇为浪漫的答案??“写一首情歌给她”

常常创作情歌的王力宏，对女朋友的要求和一般人相同，那就是彼此能谈得来，他向往纯挚，如涓涓流水般的爱情，当然最重要的一点是，对方要能懂并且欣赏他的音乐。自承到目前为止仍未真正谈过恋爱的王力宏，认为完美爱情是不会出现在现实生活中，但音乐可以做得很完美、深深打动人心。况且，随着工作的加重，此时的小帅哥只想以学业和工作为主，无法分身兼顾感情，尤其年纪尚轻，感情之事就更不急了。虽然恋爱的滋味使人着迷。但此时的王力宏只能把感情投注于歌曲创作中，分享给天下的有情人。

史上流行乐坛转位战 全球传媒目光大移转 音乐有想法 优质不偶像

封面人物　王力宏
FROM广播歌曲杂志（RADIO＆MUSIC）　一九九八年十二月号

文/胡伟
　　
1998年新力音乐又加入了一位新的生力军－－王力宏。一年没有发片，在今年4月份的记者会上，王力宏正式告诉大家，他回来了。在这一年的时间里，力宏除了完成大学的课程外，还得到母校威廉姆斯学院（Williams College)全校师生票选年度音乐家（Class Musician)。

全校师生票选年度音乐家，这一份殊荣是由全校师生共同票选出来的，得奖者也将为全校的毕业生编写毕业歌曲。力宏不但一手包办所有的词曲编曲及教唱，还同时公开邀请其他4位获得提名的同学参与创作毕业歌曲，把荣誉与大家分享。

另一项，就是力宏凭个人力量独立完成毕业论文－－百老汇音乐剧＜吸血鬼＞。这是一部大编制的电子乐乐曲，一共有570多页的乐谱，在整体音乐剧的体制上，融合了舞台剧，百老汇及电影，这种表演形式，可以说是纽约最新百老汇音乐剧，并以多媒体的表演形式演出。

在毕业公演结束之后，音乐剧得到大家一致的好评及口碑，由于力宏大学学业成绩非常优秀，再加上毕业论文杰出的表现，所以力宏在毕业典礼上得到荣誉毕业生（Certificate With Honors)的殊荣。

此外，力宏在这当中还抽空主唱了全美暑假冠军电影＜蒙面侠－－苏洛＞的指定中文版主题曲＜我用生命爱你＞，抢先在英文版歌曲两周前推出。新力唱片继＜铁达尼号＞电影原声带在台狂卖120万的销售佳绩。原作曲者，也是金像奖得主的詹姆斯霍纳（James Horuer)，特地亲自在众多歌手之中圈选＜蒙面侠－－苏洛＞电影中文版主题曲演唱人－－柯以敏以及王力宏。

据说大量对柯以敏及王力宏所诠释的中文版主题曲＜我用生命爱你＞相当满意，柯以敏声乐基础扎实，完全符合大师的要求，而力宏的歌唱实力，更让詹姆斯霍纳大师啧啧称奇。
　　
新力新力宏　音乐变活力
“力”骇唱功　超“宏”创作

不愿只是个“优质偶像”，不愿空负“年度音乐家”的美名，为了自己的音乐理想，为了更淋漓尽致地痛快地创作，在亚洲各大传媒的殷切询问下，王力宏选择在今年4月，加盟新力音乐，开始了他新的音乐里程碑。

从选歌，填词谱曲，编曲配唱，到封套摄影，音乐录影带的拍摄，力宏无不具细靡遗，全心投入。终于在今年的8月，力宏十首全新国语大碟拍板定案，交出了一张亮眼的成绩单。

在这张＜公转自转＞的全新车国语大碟中，力宏不但自己担纲半张的制作人，还自己创作了5首半的新曲。值得一提的是，力宏首度突破语言的限制，亲手填了两首中文词，还发展出“力骇唱腔”，厚实动人，充分地发挥力宏在音乐上的想法。

接触到力宏这张个人全新国语大碟，首先明显感觉到不同的是力宏的唱腔。因为一年没有发片，力宏在Williams College 也顺利毕业，在感情及歌唱技巧上，明显的成熟而且进步很多。正因为这一年的沉淀，力宏利用在学校编写百老汇音乐剧之际，重新思考一个崭新的表达技巧。所以就当力宏进录音室练唱的时候，浑厚有力的唱腔，震撼了许多人，一种与过去截然不同的“新”声就些展开。力宏在低音中“感情浓郁”，高音处 “澎湃动人”，仿佛要将这一年来从未开口唱的歌，一次唱尽，于是我们听到一个崭新的力宏，我们就称他为“宏派唱腔”。

在这张个人新碟的第二项尝试，就是自己担纲半张制作人。也因为如此，力宏常常是“日出而作，日出不息”，以录音室为家，一天常常都睡不到两，三个小时，非但如此，力宏用功的程度，可能是许多专业的制作人都自叹不如，常常在歌曲配唱好了之后，力宏觉得味道不对又再度重编，一首歌最高的纪录可以重唱，重编三次，而且是从流行转到JAZZ，最后又转到R＆B带ROCK。

另一个惊人纪录，力宏可以同时订下3间录音室，同时进行自己制作的3首歌，一间录音室配唱，一间录音室编曲，其余另一间录音室则是Mix Down的工作。或许就是制作自己的作品，在复杂的过程中，怎么编，怎么唱力宏一点也不会弄错。

或许有人会问为何要那么大费周章？答案很简单，力宏所想要证明自己优质的，不只偶像外表，还有他的创作，音乐。

另一个惊人尝试是自填中文词，由于语言的隔阂，所以尽管自己是制作人，作曲人，编曲者，甚至到主唱，但有关于歌词的部分在以往常常都需要假手他人。于是这一次力宏决定突破语言障碍，改用中文词与歌迷沟通，更亲近歌迷，让大家更了解他的想法。

这次力宏自己亲手填写了＜One Of These Days>及＜2000年＞，歌词中展现了力宏对未来和爱情的看法，乐迷不妨细细倾听歌词之中所表现的词意。　　
　　
走过黑夜，白天
走过春，夏，秋，冬
恋爱新世代
最新爱情比喻法＜公转自转＞

王力宏加盟新力的首支个人国语单曲＜公转自转＞，是由国内首席填词大师姚谦和瑞典知名作曲家Waermo两人联手为力宏量声定作的歌曲。

所谓“公转”就是指地球绕着太阳的运行过程；而“自转”就是地球本身自行运转；这也是最新恋爱世代的爱情比喻法。

＜公转自转＞这首歌说的是每个人心目中理想的对象，都是自己心目中最重要的生活中心，就好像太阳和地球的关系一样，恋爱中的一言一行，一动一静，都是为她而作，为她而转，听到＜公转自转＞这支单曲，立刻有很多画面快速成形在每一个人的脑海中，这也可以说是恋爱新世代的爱情比喻法。

在＜公转自转＞最新单曲中，力宏还首度尝试分身，以一化七，首创全球华人个人单口七部大合声。力宏表示，常常有许多的歌手自己合音，但是要一次搭出七轨，而且每一个拍子，每一个音符都能如此的恰如其分，准确而有音率，可以说是国内首创。就连制作过像莫文蔚，BEYOND的制作人JIM　LEE都表示，能够如此快速而准确的唱出七个不同的旋律，力宏可以说是第一人，这也是他第一次遇到一个音乐素养和唱腔实力表现都可圈可点恰如其分的艺人，完全可以传达出制作人想表达的音乐理念，完成了全球华人个人单口七部合声的创举。

事实上，主打歌＜公转自转＞也充分的流露出力宏的心情写照，因为在久违的一年里，音乐就是他的太阳，更是他未来生命旅程中最重要的部分。
　　
为拍封面
清晨两点爬上高楼十八层
这一天果然转得厉害

俄国作家托尔斯泰说：“我们认识某个城市，还不是从某个顶尖的建筑物开始。”为了突显这是力宏加盟新力首张个人国语大碟的气势，也是力宏超越偶像的个人代表作，所以新力的工作人员特地找了一个往前可看到淡水河，向后可以看到新光三越的十八层高的大楼，来做为拍摄专辑封面的一个据点。

这栋十八层高的大楼，外观看起来非常宏伟，由于尚未施工完毕，力宏必须和相关的工作人员在高温闷热，无任何灯光及水的环境之下，靠自己的双脚爬上十八层顶楼，这对任何人来说，无疑是一项体能上的大挑战。更何况是对爬上高楼之后就要立刻进行拍照的力宏。

不过为了突显出重新出发的企图心，力宏一点也不以为意，工作人员为了躲避三十八度的高温，也为了拍摄旭日东升的照片，半夜两点就开始拍摄的前置作业，三点一到便展开这挑战体力，耐力的极限之旅。这一次拍照的效果极好，充公地展现了力宏新出发的企图心，所有的视觉呈现，非常的宏伟壮观，公司一致上下对于这次的封面非常满意。力宏还针对这一次拍摄封面照后的观感写了一篇英文文案，非常感人。
　　
王力宏拍摄最新大碟MTV＜公转自转＞
为求千分之一秒的瞬间转速
二十二台同厂牌
同型号的超快门照相机
同时抢拍

因为地球会自转，所以会有黑夜，白天；因为地球会公转，所以才有春，夏，秋，冬。为了表现新歌＜公转自转＞的概念，为了展现力宏加盟新力音乐首张大碟的企图心，MTV导演特别安排黑，白两个场景，象征黑夜和白天，并且利用玫瑰，雨点，飘雪来暗喻四季。因为力宏整整一年没有发片，整支音乐录影带所想要说明的意义是力宏走过四季，走过黑夜及白天，最后还是站在舞台上，做他最想做的事－－唱歌，给他所有支持他的乐迷来听。

MTV除了原先所要表现的概念外，这支音乐录影带的另一项特点就是想抓住力宏千分之一秒的转动速度感，导演特别走访台北的大街小巷，甚至寻求大盘商，找同一品牌的单眼照相机。经过近半个月的寻找，才找到同一个品牌同一个型号的相机。利用同型同牌的特性，运用同一个遥控器，在力宏旋转的千分之一秒的时候，按下快门。从二十二个角度分解力宏旋转的过程，并且利用后制效果，把底片串连剪接起来，就可以看到连续定格的特效，并且横跨二十二个角度，绝非一般电脑可以作得出来。

1998年力宏向歌迷征求「梦想被冷冻」时发的书信。

Dear Friends,
亲爱的朋友们：

In every country, society, community, neighborhood, or family, the future lies in its children. The older generations look to the young with time in their eyes and hope in their hearts. The young look back at the old with ideas of tomorrow, with energy, and spirit. We, the young people of the global community, are it.
对于每个国家、每个社会、每个社区、每个邻里、以致家庭，未来都寄望在孩子们的身上。 老一辈的用自己饱经沧桑的眼光来审视下一代，并且寄予下一代殷切的希望。年轻人用未来的眼光，活力充沛、朝气蓬勃的眼光来看待老一辈。而身为地球村年轻世代的我们，就是世界的未来。

And as I graduate from college, I see the endless possibilities of my destiny that I must take into my own hands, a future I've never been so excited to live it out.
正当我大学毕业的时候，我知道自己必需独力面对命运中无限的可能，这是一个我从未这么兴奋地想去体验的未来。

You, are probably at similar stages in your lives: young and smart, working hard, moving forward. But what if you didn't have the freedom to determine your own destiny? Think of how you might feel every day if you were, at this young age of hope, completely denied hope. What if you were denied the excitement of your natural youth?
也许你的生命历程中也正走到相似的阶段：年轻睿智、努力奋斗、积极向上。但是如果你没有主宰自己命运的自由，你该怎么办？想一想，试着去想象，如果在这么充满希望的青春时期，每天却处在一个完全被打压希望的境地，你会有怎样的感受？如果你自然吐露、朝气蓬勃的激情被否决，你又会怎么想？

This is hard for most of us to imagine, but when we think about the sort of oppression that is brought on by negligent parents, juvenile crime, child labor, lack of education, hunger, war...this is precisely the situation that is at hand.
这对我们大多数人来说都是难以想象的，但是当我们想到那些因为父母抛弃、青少年犯罪、童工、失教、饥饿、战争等等所导致的压迫，这些都是真实在身边上演的情境。

How can a child grow up in these environments with hopes in her/his heart? So I'm coming to you all, my friends on the internet, to get a voice from the youth. I'm asking you all to write a few words or phrases (in Chinese or English) telling how you might feel if you were spending your days oppressed in any of these situations.
一个在这些环境下成长的孩子，怎能在幼小的心灵中孕育他们的美好希望？所以我号召所有网友们，仔细倾听孩子们的心声。我想请大家写些文字（中英文都成），告诉我如果你们身处以上任一种压抑的环境，会有何种感受。

Try to keep it as short as possible, but be as creative or direct as you want. I will take your words, organize them, set them to music, and record it as a song on my new album which is coming out in August, 1998.
请尽可能地保持简短，但是务必有创意、或者可以如你想要的直接。我将会撷取你们的文字、组织成歌词、配乐，再把它录成一首歌放进我1998年8月即将推出的新专辑。

I am so excited to hear your ideas. If this works, it will be a dream come true for me. It has always been my goal to serve as a voice for the young. Now I have this chance...to sing your words.
我会非常乐意看到大家的点子。如果能成功的话，我的一个梦想也就真正实现了。为年轻人发声一直是我长远来的目标，现在，我有了这个大好机会...可以唱出你们的感受。

So please write back! There are no rules to this song, except that by responding, you are giving me your permission to set your words to music and your responses must be in before July 1st!
所以请不要吝惜你们的文字！这首歌没有特定规则，除了要附带允许我将你们的感受谱写成歌，此外，你们的响应必须要在7月1日之前寄过来！

You are also agreeing to let Sony and me determine the various usages of these lyrics and forego the copyrights (both moral and economic rights) of your lyrics (phrases, words), and all the money that might be generated by this song. The songwriter's royalties generated by this song will be donated in full to a charitable foundation for children.
另，你们要同意让新力公司和我决定这些歌词的各种安排方式、放弃你们歌词（词组和文字）上的著作权（无论是在道德或经济上的权利），并不计较这首歌可能获取的收入。歌曲创作者经由此歌所获得的版税将会全数捐赠给一个儿童慈善基金会。

Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that your words will be used in their entirety or at all. Don't be upset if I use only one or two of your words and mix and match them with someone else's, that is the whole idea of the song, MANY voices becoming ONE.
遗憾的是，我们无法保证你的文字可以被完整地录用。如果只采用了你的一两个字并将它们和别人的文字混合在一起，也请不要因此而伤心难过，因为这就是我们创作整首歌曲的主旨，使许许多多、各种各样的心声能融合为一体。

Never before has a song been written together by so many people and this will be the first time ever that song lyrics are written collaboratively through the internet, how exciting! You can e-mail me your phrases by clicking below.
过去从来没有一首歌是由这么多的人一起写的，这么多人通过因特网通力合作完成歌词写作，这是史无前例的，多令人振奋啊！大家可以点击下面的地址把你们的文字e-mail给我。

For those who do not have access to the internet, but would like to contribute, please mail your phrases or words to:
对于那些想要做些贡献却又无法上网的人，请把你们的文字寄到 ：

PO Box 20083,
Rochester, NY 14602
United States of America

or mail it to:
或者寄到：

"Our song" c/o Sony Music Taiwan 6th F. No. 35, Lane 11, Kwang-Fu North Rd. Taipei, Taiwan.
台北市光复北路11巷35号6楼台湾新力唱片公司（注明「我们的歌」）。

Good luck, fellow composers! Thank you!!!!
我写作的伙伴们，祝大家好运！ 万分感谢！！！！

Love,
Lee-hom Wang