I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

  • -- Justin Timberlake 贾斯汀·汀布莱克

我是在教堂里长大的。我们喜欢说孟菲斯是世界蓝调之都。

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When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

在我成长的过程中,我们经常在一个下雪时从不铲雪的公园里打篮球。篮球圈从来没有固定过。那时我们明白了公共政策和我们的生活质量之间存在着关系。

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

我的母亲给了我很大的启发。她是一名声乐老师,在一个乐队里唱歌,我对她最初的记忆是和她一起参加当地的巡回演出。

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning.

伙计,那个记录出来了,在孟菲斯真的很了不起。他们开始玩它,它变得非常大。不知道为什么,歌词没有任何意义。

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

我母亲是我第一个接触到的歌手。她经常在家里,在教堂里给我们唱歌。

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.

我认为布鲁斯对布鲁斯球员来说很好,但是自由布鲁斯对我来说从来就没有什么意义。

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

白人听到了蓝调的出现,但他们不知道它是怎么来的。

When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!

当我长大的时候,我真的很喜欢邦乔维!

I'll stay in Memphis.

我会留在孟菲斯。