In conversation,
Phillip Phillips is as easygoing and unassuming as you'd imagine that any 22-year-old pawn shop worker could be - which leaves one a bit bewildered, when considering his "American Idol" win this year and the release of his highly praised debut album The World From the Side of the Moon
(check out the album sampler player at bottom).
Phillips, whose soulful inflection sounds far more like a mix of Dave Matthews and Mumford & Sons than anything crooning alongside the Glamor Shots sheen of previous "Idol" winners, wrote or co-wrote the entirety of The World From the Side of the Moon
, and in his drive to maintain integrity and creative control he's found himself in the welcoming company of some of rock's most respected figures. We caught up with the singer/songwriter to discuss a few of those, as well as what the future holds for the bright young star.
每个见过PP的人都说他超级随和超级谦逊~


It see***ike the people who have been around the longest have taken on almost a musical apprenticeship of their idols in a way. Take a band like Pearl Jam, who've looked to people like Neil Young and Pete Townshend as mentors in a way, that helped get them through some of the storms that come with the job and kept them in touch with the principle of sticking to your guns creatively.
Phillip Phillips: Definitely, man. Pearl Jam has been such a big influence, and Eddie Vedder, I love him. Some people don't even know that I was on Idol, which is really cool to hear. It's really cool what's happening right now, man. I feel like it's a blessing.
【啊啊啊 Eddie Vedder这个名字我知道 上周我们外教约翰推荐这人来着 我要他听听PP的歌但是他老是不听 说自己太老了不喜欢听新歌】

I hear you're a Tool fan - if you were pressed to cover a song of theirs, which would you choose?
听说你是Tool的粉，如果非得让你选一首他们的歌翻唱，你会选哪一首？
Phillip Phillips: My brother in-law and I used to cover "Sober"... we had a medley thing that we did a whole bunch of different songs in Drop D tuning. I like that song, "Right In Two"... they have so many great songs. Maynard's insane, dude. He's awesome.
我姐夫和我以前常翻唱他们的Sober, 我们经常把很多歌混着弹唱，(提到了音乐的术语 不懂，。，) 还有Right in Two,他们的好歌太多了。

No question about it. It can be a pretty invincible feeling, with all the attention and adoration flowing in. When your entire reality is this tidal wave these days, do you have any tricks or rituals to help you stay rooted in who you are?
的确。现在你突然有了这么多粉这么多关注，你有木有啥么技巧或者方法来保持淡定，坚持做你自己呢？
Phillip Phillips: Not really, man. I take every day as a blessing. To meet new people, whether it's on radio or after a show, I just try to get to know people, make friendships. You gotta be kind to people - that's how I grew up, and I have too many people, friends and family that would probably kick my butt if I tried to get cocky or anything (laughs).... I wouldn't wanna cross that line.
我木有啥技巧啊。我就是很感激每一天，能遇到新的人，无论是在电台的时候或者表演后，我尽力认识新的人，结交些新朋友。要对人友善，我爸妈就是这么教我的。如果我敢骄傲忘形，我的朋友家人都会揍我的（笑）。所以，我不会改变的。

Speaking of exposure, you've got more than half a million followers on Twitter. Even beyond the music and the press, that direct line to fans is an amazing thing these days. Is the tidal wave of attention overwhelming at times?
说起来，你推上粉都过半百万了，不提音乐媒体，现在推是能和粉直接交流的好工具，你觉得这种关注有时会很让你难以接受吗？
Phillip Phillips: Yeah, it can be. Being out there in the light like that is definitely overwhelming. I don't like being the center of attention...
是的，有时候会。被很多人关注的确会很难以应付。我不喜欢成为关注的焦点。。。。。

Whoops.
那岂不是很糟糕？
Phillip Phillips: (laughs) I know... I always try to have the band on the stage as much as possible with me, because without them we wouldn't have sounded as good as we would've wanted to. Those guys always made sure when I went onstage that we always had a good time. I feel like we did that, but I hate being the center of attention. Every guy in the band deserves his own spotlight, solo or something like that. We have a good time, man. All the guys are amazing, and if we mess up, we just try to turn it into some kind of jam.
（笑）我就说啊。。我一般都是尽可能地让我的乐队一起上台，因为没有他们在我们听起来木有那么好。有他们在，我才能唱得表演得开心。我真心不喜欢成为关注的焦点，乐队的每个人都应该得到关注。每次我们都表演得很开心，大家都很赞。如果其中谁不小心弹错了或者咋的，我们会一起补救，即兴来一段啥的。

That makes for a more dynamic show, too, I imagine. The tour kicks off in February, right? It'll be you with a band - any specific ideas yet on spicing things up?
那样的表演才更生动啊。巡演２月开始是吧？大约是你和你的乐队那样子，有木有具体的计划？
Phillip Phillips: Something like that, yeah. It's all in the works right now.
大概吧，现在还在筹划中。

Any favorite guitars?
有木有最爱的吉他？
Phillip Phillips: I really like full-body guitars. That's what my Taylor is, it's a Gs7. I like some cutaways, but it's gotta be specific. I just love the full-body guitars. I like the big sound of 'em.
【提起吉他各种激动。我表示不懂。。】　

You just performed "I'll Be Home For Christmas" at Disney World - that was cool, seeing the crowd swaying like that.
你在迪士尼表演了
I'll Be Home For Christmas，改编得挺ｃｏｏｌ的啊，大家好像都挺喜欢你的版本。
Phillip Phillips: Yeah, it's hot as crap out there. I always get nervous doing Christmas songs, and I didn't get to practice too much on that one, but I did my best with it. It's always different doing Christmas songs, always changing range and so on.
那会热死我了个去的。　每次唱圣诞歌我都紧张死了，而且那次我还木有怎么练习，但是我尽力了。唱圣诞歌总是不一样。我总是会变一下音域啊或者啥的。

Think you could e
ver see yourself putting out a holiday classics album?
你觉得你以后会出了圣诞专辑么？
Phillip Phillips: Oh, I hope not... (laughs)
奥。。我希望不会。。。（笑）
【哈哈哈　我也觉得不要出的好，不合适啊。。虽然ＰＰ唱圣诞歌也是很好听的但是还是不要的好，，，前几天看Ｋｒｉｓ出圣诞ＥＰ来着】

希望我清纯，自我的菲菲永远都是如此的美好（毕竟身处演绎圈啊，做自己，出淤泥而不染是多么的不容易啊）

只为音乐而唱歌的PP，大爱，希望永远都不要变