“I kind of got lazy,” the American Idol season 11 winner tells
The Hollywood Reporter of his increasingly fuzzy facial hair. “I'm probably going to shave it soon. I actually need a haircut, too, but I want to keep my hair as long as possible, because I'll probably be bald soon.”
胡子长得特快，需要理了
然后头发也长得特快
然后PP不想剪发。。想留的长一些
因为他觉得可能很快就会变秃头了


Hardly, but the 22-year-old Leesburg, Georgia native may bear more of himself in other ways. Namely, the songs on his debut album, The World From the Side of the Moon, nearly all of which he wrote or co-wrote. Among Phillips’ collaborators: producer
Gregg Wattenberg, who’s worked extensively with Chris Daughtry and Train, “Home” songwriters
Greg Holden and
Drew Pearson, who teamed up for the rollicking “Can’t Go Wrong” and his girlfriend,
Hannah Blackwell.
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写Home的俩个人也有和PP合作了Cant Go Wrong 就是奶酒发推说很喜欢的那首
奥。那首歌Hannah也帮忙。。。。。Hannah很强么。。

“She helped me with a song called ‘Take Me Away,’” says Phillips. “It's not on the core album but a bonus for the Target album.” Phillips says the pining track -- which includes the lines “You’re all I wanna see / All I wanna touch and feel in every way” -- came from a poem Blackwell wrote about him.
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Take Me Away里那句“You’re all I wanna see / All I wanna touch and feel in every way”歌词是来自Hannah写给PP的一首情诗。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
以后再也无法直视这句歌词了


As for the lyric he’s most proud of, that comes from a song called “Tell Me a Story,” which Phillips wrote with
David Ryan Harris. “I had all the music written,” he says of the melodic track accentuated by a scratchy vocal, strings and a Mumford-meets-Dave Matthews vibe. “The first verse and the chorus were written, I just didn't have a second verse. So David Ryan, who plays with
John Mayer a lot, came in there, we got to know each other a bit, and I showed him what I had. He started pushing me to write more and after a couple of days, this came to me one night: ‘Hope is just a ray of what everyone should see / Alone is the street where you found me / Scared of what's behind you / Scared of what's in front / Live with what you have now / Make the best of what's to come.’ "
PP最喜欢的一首歌的歌词是来自Tell Me A Story
有点Mumford和Dave Mattews混合的赶脚。
Hope is just a ray of what everyone should see / Alone is the street where you found me / Scared of what's behind you / Scared of what's in front / Live with what you have now / Make the best of what's to come.
这几句歌词看着蛮带感的感觉
期待听到这首歌@！！！


Phillips says it’s just one of the songs he hopes “people connect with,” but there’s plenty more material to tug on the heartstrings, including “Wanted is Love,” “A Fool’s Dance” and “Man on the Moon,” all accentuated by the sounds of strings -- violins, cellos, banjos and many acoustic guitars -- sometimes horns (saxophone, trumpet) and Phillips’ distinctive breathy vocal style. The singer sat down with THR to talk about the forthcoming release (due out Nov. 19) and where he sees his future.
Wanted is Love, A Fool’s Dance and Man on the Moon这几首歌比较那啥 希望大家能有共鸣
难道是比较感人的赶脚？想volcano那样子？

The Hollywood Reporter: First, where did the album title, The World From the Side of the Moon, come from?
Phillip Phillips: It’s a lyric from the first song on the album, “Man on the Moon.” I was going through all the lyrics because I had to make decisions at a quick pace, and it kind of stuck out to me. I asked a few friends and they liked it. People might compare it to Dark Side of the Moon, but as long as I have a different album cover of the sun with my face looking down at the Earth, it'll be okay.
首专名字来自？
Man on the Moon里的歌词
专辑封面的意思是PP低头看地球。。。

THR: What does it mean?
Phillips: I was starting to think about all I had been through, and someone gave me some DVDs of the whole [Idol] season, so I was kind of watching myself from a whole different world that no one else really knows. It’s interesting to see how it happened and so fast. That's how I picked the title: I felt like I watched myself grow and this whole album is representing where I am.
到底是啥么意思？
那时候我在看美偶的DVD 看着自己一路走过来的历程 感觉像是从另一个世界来看自己

THR: Did I hear right, you recorded the whole album in three weeks?
Phillips: Yes. We just finished it. From first cutting acoustic guitars to last week, it was exactly three weeks. Like I said, I was pressured on time, but it kind of helped the sound. We didn't overanalyze things or overproduce anything, we kept it raw.
在三个周内录完专辑？？？
是的。。时间很紧，但是这样也避免过度制作啥的 我们保持了专辑的原生态

THR: And you went with one producer, Gregg Wattenberg…
Phillips: Great guy -- just down-to-earth, and he made me feel home. We had a really good connection, he would listen and we’d figure out. It was a great learning experience.
一个制作人 Gregg.
合作很愉快
THR: You recorded in the heart of Manhattan, which is surprising for a Georgia boy. Did the city seep into the songs?
Phillips: I loved it! Honestly, I like New York a lot better than L.A., but I had the songs already written so it was a matter of getting in there and doing it. Now when I write I might feed off that, but I haven't written since we got done.
你是在曼哈顿中心制作专辑的，对你一个从GA州来的土孩子来说，感觉很神奇吧？你的歌里有木有渗进去纽约的感觉啊？
我很喜欢曼哈顿。比起洛杉矶，我更喜欢纽约
不过 制作专辑的时候歌基本都写完了，我们只需要录歌就行了


THR: W
hat did you expect the recording studio experience to be like and what was it really like?
Phillips: I honestly didn't know. I would record with my brother-in-law a bit at home, but nothing professional. It was interesting. Something I didn’t expect was this guy Dave Edgar played cello on almost every song on the album so I think I’ve got to get a cello player now.
THR: What was the most challenging part?
Phillips: We would get tired because we were working like 15 hours a day, or even more. Me and Greg, we’d just look at each other all worn out and sometimes he would tell me, "We're gonna do this, it's gonna be alright." That was probably the toughest part. Just getting as much done as we could because we had a time limit.
最困难的部分是啥？
因为我们每天工作15个小时或者更多，真心会很累
最难的就是在有限的时间内完成很多任务


THR: Greg Holden and Drew Pearson wrote “Home,” which became a huge hit for you. What was it like to work with them directly this time?
Phillips: We all got in a room and I showed them an idea of the guitar part, started singing the verses and we just wrote the lyrics together. It's called "Can't Go Wrong," and I really like that song. It's similar to "Home.” We all had a good time getting to know each other. This is all new for all three of us. … They understood where I was in my situation, and I understood where they were.
Home是GH和DP写的，你这次和他们合作有啥感想？
我们一起合作了一首歌叫Cant Go Wrong 和Home很像
【我觉得我一定会很喜欢这首歌！！！！！】

THR: But just the fact that the song is as big as it is, they must be so stoked.
Phillips: They are. They were telling me it’s done great things for them. But they wrote it, like, a year ago. They didn't expect any of this to ever happen so it’s just amazing.
这首歌这么火，他们俩一定很激动吧？
是啊，他们是一年前写的这歌，他们完全木有想到这歌现在会如此红火

THR: Where do you see yourself in five or 10 years?
Phillips: On a stage somewhere. I'm a live guy, I like playing out so hopefully I’ll just be touring out a lot. If people will want to come see me, that would be awesome.
你觉得五年或者十年后你在干嘛？
大概是在某处的舞台上吧
我喜欢现场表演多一些 希望我以后能有机会多巡演
如果有人希望看我表演 就太好了
【来我们这里 我可以天天看你表演】

THR: It’s been five months since you won American Idol, is it everything you thought it would be?
Phillips: It's a great experience, but it’s tough. Watching it on television on season ten, I was like, "Yeah, I could probably do that," once it’s the real deal and you're actually doing it, it’s not easy. You're working 12 to 13 hour days, recording, waiting, a lot of hurry-up-and-wait. But it really helps you with the media and perfecting your performances. The worst part is you’re on live TV, because I messed up so many times on the show. I tried to pull it off and you can sneak it by people … hopefully.
自从你赢得美偶冠军已经5个月了，现在一切都和你预想的差不多么？
很棒的经历，但是也挺难的。当初看美偶第十季的时候，我就随口一提“大概我也可以做到那样子”
但是真当我参与了，其实真心很难。每天忙活12到13个小时
最糟糕的是电视直播，我搞砸了太多次了，，，
【PP好像回答偏题了 人家问美偶后的经历和想象中一样不，PP说成美偶经历了。。】