LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Like the 10 winners before him, Phillip Phillips faces the uneven road from "American Idol" victor to pop-chart mainstay.
After the success of his Top 10 hit, "Home," the Georgia native is facing a new challenge - to replicate the mainstream successes of past "Idol" winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson on his debut album, "The World from the Side of the Moon," released on Monday by Interscope Records.
Phillips, 22, spoke to Reuters about making his first proper studio album, what he might do differently on a second one, and whether he could have won "Idol" with this season's panel of judges.

Q: How do you plan to transition from "American Idol" winner to a mainstream music career?
A: "It's pretty funny that you mention that because the majority of the people I meet don't even know that I was on 'Idol.' It's really cool to hear that. When I go home, people ask, 'What've you been doing? I've heard your song,' but they don't even know that I've been on 'Idol.'"
【真的？家乡很多人都不知道PP去过美偶还夺冠这事么？？
那美偶决赛的时候1亿3千多票里PP至少一半以上的票都是哪里来的。。。。

Q: Your first single "Home" has gone twice platinum. You've said that it isn't a song you would have written yourself. What's your relationship now with your first hit?
A: "It's amazing how well it has done, and I look at all the stories that I hear like how it has helped families out with their situation, or something's happened with their kid, mom or dad, or if their child's overseas in the war. Something like that's pretty amazing how many different stories come out of it."
【的确 Home其实是蛮感人的一首歌；；
一开始的时候PP的确说不是自己的风格 之前在外网看到很多黑拿这个说事讽刺说PP他自己讨厌这歌啥的 其实他从来也木有说过讨厌这首歌 后来唱的次数多了 解这歌对很多人的意义后他也渐渐喜欢这歌了嘛 而且他也改编了一点 然后有了专辑里的Home(Live)

Q: Did you have any ideas on how you wanted to develop your sound finally getting into a big-time studio?
A: "I already had the songs written, and it was just a matter of throwing in ideas and then just trimming it down to what felt right, because we only had three weeks to do this album. So it was kind of pressured, but that kind of helped out as well. It didn't make us overthink anything."
【很多人觉得PP专辑三个周内整完是不是粗制滥造啥的 其实PP很早就开始在写里面的歌了 三周其实也还好 所以有点紧但是质量还是可以保证的

Q: Was there anything in particular you wanted to achieve?
A: "I wanted to make it similar to what I did on the show - a horn section and some rock. I tried to be a little artistic. I just wrote what came from my heart and what felt right."
【horn section是啥么意思？
想要摇滚艺术一点的。。现在被定为pop他一定很不爽。。。

Q: Unlike many of the other contestants, you went into "Idol" as a songwriter, how many of the album's songs did you write?
A: "I think five. Some of the co-writes, (the writers) really just kind of pushed me, so I kind of wrote most of those myself. But it was a lot of fun; it was a great experience."
【大概5首是自己写的 剩下的大部分也是合写的

Q: Would you do anything differently next time?
A: "It's still early, but I'd definitely want a little more time to do it. But that's really about it, because three weeks is just really quick, and also I have just so many other things going on. ... It was very kind of stressful and hopefully for the next record I'll have a little more time."
“下次你想要啥么不一样呢？”
“现在说下一张专辑还有点早，但是下次我希望时间能宽裕一些不要这么紧迫。”
【希望下一张专辑能叫Songs 然后希望专辑封面不要这么刺眼 要看到PP的脸要拍得好看！】

Q: What would that time allow you to do in the studio?
A: "Just being able to listen to it a little more. We all knew that it sounded really good but also having to listen to, like 17 songs in a row. You say, 'Yeah that sounds great' but you listen to it more and more and (say) 'Maybe I would've brought this instrument down a little bit or brought it up a little bit more.'"
如果多给你些时间，你会用来做啥？
就是多听几遍 挑挑刺啥的

Q: Would you have fared any differently on 'Idol' with the current judges Nicky Minaj and Mariah Carey?
A: "I don't know. I'm curious to see how they're going to judge. It's a completely different panel this year. ... I don't really know how I would've turned out. Maybe I'll have to go out and audition again (laughs)."
新一季的美偶换评委了，你觉得如果是面对新评委你的经历会有啥不同么？
不知道哇。大概我会去再重新参加海选试试（笑）
【一点也不好笑。。 可是好可爱

Q: Would you have had to change your roots-y style?
A: "Naw, I would've still been the same dude. If they wouldn't have sent me through, they wouldn't have sent me through. And if they did, that'd be awesome."
如果你再去海选，你会改变你村土的风格么？
不会。我就是我这样子。他们如果淘汰我，那就淘汰好了。如果他们让我晋级，也挺好的。
【典型的PP式回答啊。我现在还记得那时候在美偶 Ryan问他有木有想过改变自己的风格 那时候他的回答：如果大家不喜欢我的风格，没有关系，如果他们喜欢，那也挺好的。