In Never, Rick Astley’s recent autobiography, the ’80s pop star describes how looking back over decades gave him a fresh appreciation of one critical factor in his success. “You see how much luck and chance is involved in your life and career,” he writes in the prologue. “You can have drive and ambition and talent, but there’s a huge amount of luck involved too: you know, someone wrote a three-and-a-half-minute pop song in 1987, and my life completely changed as a result of that. It’s ridiculous, really.”
在瑞克•艾斯利(Rick Astley)最近的自传《永不》中,这位80年代的流行音乐明星描述了回顾几十年后,他对自己成功的一个关键因素有了新的认识。他在序言中写道:“你会看到生活和事业中有多少运气和机遇。你可能拥有动力、抱负和才华,但运气也占了很大一部分:你知道,1987年有人写了一首三分半钟的流行歌曲,我的生活因此完全改变了。这真是荒谬。”