We sold a certain, steady amount of product for them and they could count on it. When it came time to ask for the money for this new record, they dropped us. It was fine with us. It was a dead fish.

  • -- Gene Ween 吉恩·维恩

我们为他们销售了一定数量的稳定产品,他们可以放心。到了为这张新唱片要钱的时候,他们把我们甩了。我们都很好。那是一条死鱼。

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At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles-wrinkles that my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing.

有时,我似乎过着一种落后的生活,随着年龄的增长,我真正的青春即将开始。我的灵魂生来就布满了皱纹——这些皱纹是我的祖先和父母孜孜不倦地抚平的,而我却难以抚平。

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

我一直知道我想成为一名音乐家,我一直知道我想写作,因为我所听的人都在写作。我从没想过可以唱别人的歌。

When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'

当我参加高中乐队的试镜时,乐队指挥很兴奋,因为我的父亲是一个著名的伟大的音乐家。当他听到我说话时,他说:“你确定你是埃利斯的儿子吗?”

He begged hard, and said he couldn't play-a plausible excuse, but too thin; there wasn't a musician in the country that could.

他苦苦哀求,说他不能玩——这似乎是一个合理的借口,但太牵强;这个国家没有一个音乐家能做到这一点。

Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs

你以为你的存在依赖于时间吗?它甚麽;但行动是我们的时代

If twang isn't what I do, I don't know what is.

如果鼻音不是我做的,我不知道是什么。