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Speeches[]
| “ | First, let’s thank our director for his support. Without Director Jiang’s trust and support, we wouldn’t be here today. Next, I want to thank all of you. Other than thank you, it’s still thank you. Thank you for trusting in me, sacrificing your sleep and rest for me and our show for the past several days. When other program teams work overtime, it’s because they are forced to, but not ours. Everyone did it willingly, so when a few of our colleagues fell sick, I even had to push them to go home to rest, but they still stayed behind to help out, working while sick. I know that every one of you do it for me, because all of you trust me. I understand all of that. So I want to make a toast to all of you! | ” |
— Zhang Ye's speech for The Voice program team after the first episode's broadcast
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| “ | Fang Gang did not get to come on stage, Xu Siyu also did not get to come on stage, yet I could. This feels a little unfair! A lot of people feel that I do not deserve this award. They feel that I do not belong and that I do not fit in, that I am uncompromising and am not qualified to earn this highest award for a host. Just by listening to this tepid response, we all know how everyone feels about this! In this brief time here, I would like to say this. When I was in university, I went through a very confusing period of time. Because I felt weird and I felt different and I was stubborn. And I felt like I did not belong! I could feel that everyone was ostracizing me! And now I'm standing here, so I would like for this moment to be for that person out there who feels like they're weird, or they're different, or that they should be a little more flexible, that they should compromise, that they don't fit in anywhere. And then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along! | ” |
— Zhang Ye's speech at the Golden Microphone Awards (by Graham Moore)
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| “ | Thank you, thank you. Thank you for coming to my ‘Final Concert’! By convention, I should be giving an opening speech for the concert. All of you know that I can speak quite well. I’ve hosted so many shows that I don’t even know how many there were. I have given so many speeches on countless occasions that I’ve lost count of them. But before coming up onstage, my mind was a total blank. I didn’t know what to say, because I’m beginning to feel more and more unqualified to speak. I’m not a qualified artist; you guys know that. You can mention any artist out there, and they should be more qualified than I am. The things that I represent are generally not positive, which is why a lot of people dislike me and criticize me for my actions. I can accept all of that, because I’ve never done what was expected of me as a public figure. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel quite guilty too. I’ve also thought about it these past few years. Tolerance, acceptance, civility, grace, and some of the better values and morals. It would have been better if I had conveyed such an image to the people. Then, perhaps, my popularity would be better as a result, and I would also have more friends surrounding me. I wouldn’t have fallen short of my family’s expectations either. When my family mentioned my name, they would have done so with more pride. When you all talk about me, it would be with more appreciation. When the media reports about me, it would be with more praise—I would really like to experience how that feels. That would definitely be a very good feeling. Yes, it is definitely a good one. But— | ” |
— Zhang Ye's opening speech for "The Final Concert"
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| “ | Tonight was such a good night. I’ve never sung like this before and have never felt so good and satisfied before. Although there are still a lot of things I would like to say, although there are still a lot of things I have yet to do, thank you for coming to my concert. Thank you for accompanying me while I sang. I’ve actually been thinking in recent days how I should say ‘goodbye’ to everyone. Should I do it with a smile and casually say it? Or should I shout it with a serious face? Or perhaps I can be a little artistic and do it with a poem? Until now, I still hadn’t thought of how I should say it. I’ve come to realize that I’m unable to say this ‘goodbye’ to everyone—so let’s just leave it like that. This is pretty good too. | ” |
— Zhang Ye's closing speech for "The Final Concert"
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Quotes[]
| “ | Well, the philosophy by which I conduct myself is: We should treat our comrades as warm as the spring, our work with the passion of the summer, individualism like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and the enemy…as cruel as the bitter winter! | ” |
— Zhang Ye to his Alma Master (by Lei Feng)
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| “ | "Feats or faults, leave it to future generations to judge for themselves!" | ” |
— Zhang Ye
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| “ | "Then I'll use the simplest of ways to answer you. Actually, what is an artist? Whoever lives the longest is an artist! In a group of 100 peers, if they all scold and curse at you, then all you have to do is to outlive the 99 of them and you will be the artist! When Tomb Sweeping Day comes around, you can stand at their graves and sing them a song of sayonara!" | ” |
— by Zhang Ye, by Guo Degang
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| “ | This song is called ‘Thousands of Songs,’ and I will only sing it this once in my lifetime. Thank you, I’ll be going then. | ” |
— Zhang Ye's farewell to the entertainment industry
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