I remember my teacher. When I first started, my very first lesson,I was all prepared with sticks, ready to go.
我记得我的一位老师，当我开始学习音乐的时候，我最早的课程，我准备好了鼓棒，信心满满。
And instead of him saying, OK, Evelyn, please, feet slightly apart,arms at a more-or-less 90 degree angle, sticks in a more-or-less V shape,keep this amount of space here, etc.
然而，他却说：“好的，Evelyn ，双脚略微分开，双臂大约成90度，保持鼓棒成大约v字形，保持这样的空间，等等。
Please keep your back straight, etc., etc., etc.
把背挺直，等等等等。
where I was probably just going to end up absolutely rigid, frozen,and I would not be able to strike the drum,because I was thinking of so many other things-he said,Evelyn, take this drum away for seven days, and I'll see you next week.
当时，最后我变得很僵硬，像被冻住了一样，我也很可能不能学会敲鼓，因为我一直在想着其他的事情，他对我说：Evelyn，把这个鼓带回去七天，我下周再来看你。
So, heavens! What was I to do? I no longer required the sticks;I wasn't allowed to have these sticks.
我的天哪！我该怎么做呢？我不能再要拿鼓棒了，老师不允许我用这些鼓棒了。
I had to basically look at this particular drum,see how it was made, what these little lugs did, what the snares did.
我只能看着这个鼓，研究一下它是怎么做成的，小把手是做什么用的，响弦有是干什么的。
Turned it upside down, experimented with the shell, experimented with the head.
把它翻过来，试试它的外壳，它的鼓面。
Experimented with my body, experimented with jewelry,experimented with all sorts of things.
用我的身体尝试敲打他，用我的配饰，用一切可以用的东西尝试。
And of course, I returned with all sorts of bruises and things like that,but nevertheless, it was such an unbelievable experience,because then, where on Earth are you going to experience that in a piece of music?
当然，结果是归还的时候，我伤痕累累，不过，这是一次非常特别的经历，因为那段经历，在一段音乐中，究竟在哪里你能有那样的感受呢？
Where on Earth are you going to experience that in a study book?
在一本教科书中，究竟在哪里你能有那样的感受呢？
So we never, ever dealt with actual study books.
因此，我们从来没有真正地在研究教科书上的东西。
