in the way I do my hair in the way I dress and even in high school I'd wear

無論是在髮型上還是穿著上都是，在高中時我甚至

like knee high socks that usually didn't match

穿著突兀的及膝襪

you know I did this hairstyle that I called the peacock. I still do it today

我以前會做一種叫做「孔雀」的髮型，我現在還會弄這種髮型

and in high school I remember I thought it was so cool and I kept waiting for

而且我記得高中時我覺得這個髮型超酷的，所以我一直在等待

it to catch on like oh everybody else is going to do this. It never caught on.

它流行起來，讓大家都想去做這個髮型。不過它從來沒流行過

(a forte for the violin, quirky style, and funky dance steps draws millions - and millions - of youtube views for BYU student Lindsey Stirling.)

當時還是 BYU〈美國楊百瀚大學〉學生的 Lindsey Stirling，所製作的這部融合了小提琴強音，詭譎的風格搭配有節奏感舞步的影片，吸引了好幾百萬的 youtube 人次觀看

I love to take the violin to places that it's not expected to go both geographically and musically.

我喜歡帶著小提琴到在地理上或音樂上都超乎想像的地方

And that's what I do through my YouTube videos I do everything from

那也是我一直以來在我的 YouTube 頻道上做的。我製作的音樂類型

rock and roll to dub step to hip hop and you know you name it I've probably played it.

從搖滾樂、迴響貝斯到嘻哈音樂，你能想到的音樂類型我大概都做過

My parents always played classical music in our home and my sisters and I would

我爸媽總是在家中演奏古典音樂，每當這時我和姐妹們就會

dance around our living room to Scheherazade and Mozart and Beethoven

在客廳隨著天方夜譚的旋律，以及莫札特及貝多芬的音樂起舞

you name it and we would dance to it. I could just see that the violins always

只要你說得出名字的音樂我們都有跳過，我注意到小提琴在那些樂曲裡

got the best parts.So, at the age of five I started to begging my parents for lessons.

總是扮演最突出的角色。所以我五歲時就開始要求爸媽讓我上小提琴課

a tight budget limited Lindsey to one 15 minute lesson a week. yet years later she performed a self-composed violin-rock number in America's junior Miss Pageant - and won runner up in the talent competition.

家裡有限的預算讓 Lindsey 一周只能上一堂15分鐘的課。不過幾年之後她在 America's junior Miss Pageant 〈美國一個提供高中女學生獎學金機會的比賽〉上泰然自若的表演了搖滾小提琴，並且在天分競賽的類別獲得了第二名

I first started writing hip hop music when I was a sophomore in

我第一次開始創作嘻哈音樂是在我大二的時候

college and I would basically just write songs to my favorite radio hits and after

而且基本上我通常只會對我喜歡的電台排行榜單曲寫歌，在寫完榜單裡的其中一首歌

doing one of these, I threw up a video on YouTube and I was just dancing around

之後，我在 YouTube 上放了一個一邊跳舞一邊拉琴的影片

playing my violin like I always do

就像你現在看到我常做的那樣

and shortly thereafter I went on my mission.

在那之後不久我去傳教

And while I'm walking the streets of Manhattan as a little sister missionary

當我以一個普通姐妹會傳教士的樣子走在曼哈頓的街頭時

suddenly a couple of people stopped me and recognized me as the "violin girl."

突然有幾個人攔住我，認出我就是那位「小提琴女孩」

That first video, sister Stirling discovered, had gone viral. After she returned from her mission she was invited to audition for America's Got Talent.

Stirling 發現她的第一部影片突然爆紅。在她傳教完之後她被邀請去試鏡「美國達人」〈美國真人秀節目〉

And everybody kind of asks me or says "You're so lucky that you had this

大家總會跟我說：「能上美國達人這個節目，你實在是太幸運了！」

lucky break on America's Got Talent."

Yeah, that was awesome but

那是很棒，不過

it's only after doing YouTube and

那是在我經營YouTube頻道

making YouTube videos that

且製作我的YouTube影片之後

my music sells

我的音樂才賣出的

and I get offers to play

然後我才獲得了在

in amazing places

令人驚訝的地方演奏的機會

I did a dub step

我去科羅拉多州

video where I went to Colorado and I was in this awesome ice world

製做了迴響貝斯類型的影片，那個影片裡我置身在非常漂亮的冰雪世界

and I did a Lord of the Rings medley and I filmed it in the beautiful landscape of New Zealand

我也在紐西蘭的美妙風景中錄製了Lord of the Rings的混搭曲

I also had the opportunity recently to go to Kenya and I got to take my violin with me

我不久之前獲得一個去肯亞的機會，我帶著我的小提琴同行

and I got to play for people in these villages that have never heard of

並在那裏的村子演奏給那些從來沒聽說過小提琴的人聽

violin before.

And to see the smiles on their faces and to watch their kids giggle you know

當我看到他們臉上的的笑容，還有看著他們笑得開懷的孩子們，你知道‧‧‧

like what is this thing?

這種感覺怎麼說呢？

It was just an incredible experience to share something that's so

我覺得和大家分享一個對我來說很重要的事情是個很特別的經驗

important to me and then in return they sang for us and they did these dances

做為回報，他們為我們唱歌還跟我們一起跳舞

As a violinist I've been told by all the industry experts that what I do is not

做為一個小提琴家，我曾被所有商業專家說我做的事情

a marketable thing. Even on live TV I was told on America's Got Talent by the judges that

並不是一個商業行為。我甚至曾在直播電視上被「美國達人」批判

what I was doing would never make it, I would never be able to be a performer.

說我所做的一切永遠不會讓我成功，我永遠不可能成為一個演奏家

But I think that when you do what you love

可是我認為當你去做你喜歡的事情

people are drawn to you.

人們會被你吸引

There's been times when I've put myself in boxes.

曾經有段時間我限制了自己的角色定位

And I'm not happy in boxes.

而這樣讓我不快樂

And I think that's what is amazing is that

我認為最令人驚訝的事情是

if you really are true to yourself you're going to be able to

如果你能做最真實的自己，那麼你將更能夠

better share your gifts with the world.

和世界分享你的天賦

God created us all with distinctive characteristics.

神把我們每個人都創造成不一樣的角色

When we're not afraid to let those shine, that's really when I think

當我們不再害怕讓自己的天賦閃耀，我真誠的覺得

we can be the best instruments in his hands

我們可以在祂手裡成為最棒的樂器

that we can be.

"Wanna' keep going?"

「想要堅持下去嗎？」