One very early Tuesday morning last year I was awaken by a phone call from a close friend. She told me to immediately turn on the TV and watch the news. What I was about to see that morning was to change my life. Unfolding before my eyes was the destruction of New York City and Twin Towers. I watched the panic stricken faces and the tragedy unfold but for some reason my mind was a blank. I just lay there in my bed numb from the shock and disbelief. Everything looked like a scene from a movie but the horror was that it was a reality.
Many weeks passed before I could even begin to fathom the September 11th attacks. I came to realize that this wasn’t about politics, religions or an attack on one specific country but an atrocity committed against our world and on mankind. I was deeply hurt and somehow felt that this was an attack on me personally. As I helplessly watched the news that day at home I started to ask myself what I could do to help. Yes, I could fly to New York and volunteer as a relief worker or perhaps I could make donations to the Red Cross. But what could I do as a musician and public person ? Then I remembered something I had read when I about twelve. It was the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14) and it spoke of a story of a man who gave his talents (one talent was more than a thousand dollars in those days) to three of his servants before leaving on a journey. After returning from his trip, the man asked his servants what they had done with the money he had given them. Two of them had invested the money and made twofold the profit. However, the last servant hid the talent in the ground in fear of taking a loss in any kind of investment. The wealthy man was furious when he heard this and ordered that this servant be thrown out into the streets and his talents given to the other servants.
While I’ve always known about this parable I never fully understood how it applied to me or how I could put it into practice[B]. I realized that God has given me abilities that I need to put to work. More importantly, I need to use these talents not just to make music but to make music that celebrates light, life and love. We are all given talents and abilities by God (or whatever divine power you believe in) but are we making the best of then and how ? This is a question I frequently ask myself.[/B]After discovering this new meaning for making this album I began to worry and question about whether people wound want to listen to what I had to say or if it was even relevant. I knew one thing for sure and that was I couldn’t just act as if nothing had happened. [B]The world is a different place today (and so am I) than it was five years ago or even a year ago and I simply couldn’t envision myself continuing to make music only for entertainment purposes that didn’t reflect the world we live in. I’ve always seen music as a responsibility and privilege but also as a gift from the Lord. Therefore, this album holds even more meaning to me., as I believe it is a gift of love and hope. And I firmly believe that love is what we need in our world today.[/B][B]I a excited to finally be able to share this album wit you. Thank for being so patient and for believing in my music. Please accept these songs as a gift from all of us to you. God Bless.
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August2,2002 11:56 a.m. Taipei
And last but NOT LEAST, [B]I would like to thank all my fans and supporters everywhere and wherever you are. I’m not one to chat with you guys online and stuff but it doesn't mean I don't care about you guys. You're in my hearts and I made this album for you. Please accept this album as a gift frome me. It is a musical picture of my feelings and life but it is also about your life. Find the lamp that lights up your path and walk it with love and compassion. God Bless.[/B]
P .S: 这是<黑色柳丁>专辑里David写的话，我知道可能很多朋友已经看过了，可是我还是想把它放上来，尽管打的很累。波兰流亡诗人扎加耶夫斯基在一首诗中写到："我看得到音乐的三样成分:脆弱、力量和痛苦".David自己也说过,音乐是有力量的,我们不要低估这种力量. 一直以来,我无法理解,直到<黑色柳丁>的出现.这是一张对我有重要意义的专辑,通过它,我知道了David的音乐,知道了David,我在惊异流行音乐也可以作成这样时,疯狂的爱上了David.
音乐是有力量的,我真的相信了.在David的音乐里,我听到了爱,那是一种博爱,而非局限的男欢女爱.我想,就是因为有了这种爱,才有喆服,才有我们这么多人团结起来,共同爱着陶喆.
我想,这里所有的人都是爱陶喆的音乐的,都是支持他的.我希望,这份爱能一直延续下去.而我更希望的是,我们的这份爱,不仅仅体现在去买他的正版专辑,去听他的演唱会,去向周围的朋友推广他的音乐,而是去传播陶喆音乐中的那份爱.我想,这也是David希望我们这些FANS做的吧!
