My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

  • -- Etta James 埃塔·詹姆斯

我妈妈总是告诉我,即使一首歌已经被唱了一千遍,你仍然可以把你自己的东西带进去。我想我做到了。

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No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

没有;我们像往常一样问错了问题。烟囱上的知更鸟在唱什么并不重要。真正而恰当的问题是:为什么它是美丽的?

I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.

我怀疑自己是否会永远唱歌,因为在某种程度上,人们不会想听我的音乐,我希望我仍然有机会写歌。

The last time I checked, we came out after the break and played pretty well. It's always nice when you win and win early and set everything up.

我最后一次检查的时候,我们在休息后出来了,打得很好。当你赢了,早早地赢了,把一切都安排好了,这总是好的。

I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life.

我不喜欢一次离开几个月的那种错位感。这不利于生活。

I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.

我现在才意识到我是一个儿童演员,因为我总是把自己看得很重要。

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

我告诉学生们,他们在课堂上所做的一切都是为了扔废纸篓。

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

谎言说得越多,真理越成立。

I have to prove myself five times over.

我必须证明我自己五次。