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?'

  • -- Wynton Marsalis 温顿马萨利斯

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?”

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We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.

我们不得不做了很多排练来得到它,所以它是可玩的。它让你练习。对任何音乐家来说,有这种压力都是好事。如果你不必一直伸手去拿某样东西,它可能不会从你身上带出来。

And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.

随着年龄的增长,我参加了伦敦皇家音乐学院的试镜,他们说,不,我们不接受你,因为我们对一个所谓的“聋人”音乐家的未来一无所知。我只是不能完全接受。

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

我不知道有哪个音乐家不努力就能达到顶峰。你想要谁就拿谁。他们工作都非常努力,比你想象的还要努力。

I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.

当时我和妻子分居了。很多人认为我写的是关于监狱的。

A Broken Heart Is What Changes People.

一颗破碎的心会改变一个人。