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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I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were.

当我开始演奏时,我想演奏摇滚乐。那时没有人想过写歌。你唱歌,就这样。你唱了别人的歌。就这些。

I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.

我不得不自学放弃传统的摇滚吉他和演唱方式。有些事你不希望成功,有些事你做了,有些事永远不会成功。

According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.

根据撒丁岛的一个古老传说,那些出生在平安夜的人的尸体永远不会化为尘土,而是被保存到时间的尽头。

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.

如果你一直不停地唱歌,你的声音就会保持健康。就像马拉松运动员一样。你必须跑,跑,跑才能保持身材。

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.

我的邻居问他是否可以用我的割草机,我告诉他当然可以,只要他不把割草机从我的花园里拿走。

Each night i put my head to my pillow i try to tell myself i'm strong because i've gone one more day without you.

每天晚上,当我把头靠在枕头上,我试着告诉自己我很坚强,因为我又离开你一天了。

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

世界上有两种人:一种人需要别人告诉他,另一种人则完全靠自己。

When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.

当一个类比真的在唱歌时,它就是你想要的。