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Records
My goal was never to sell many records.
我的目标从来不是卖出很多唱片。
I have to make rock records occasionally.
我偶尔得做摇滚唱片。
I make records with an open mind, I always have.
我总是以开放的心态做记录。
Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on.
有时候，当我想你的时候，我会把那些唱片放上去。
All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
我只想在别人的唱片上唱歌。
I like driving around town and listening to new records.
我喜欢开车在城里兜风，听新唱片。
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
我不认为我能卖出很多唱片。
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
他们说我应该自己做唱片。所以我想，‘为什么不呢?
I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.
我不断地给他们打电话，因为他们对我来说永远是记录。
I would love to sell millions of records, but that's never gonna be the case.
我很想卖出几百万张唱片，但这是不可能的。
My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.
我最喜欢的极限唱片是最后两张。我不能听第一个。
I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.
我有黄金唱片，白金唱片，我有两个奥斯卡奖，我有格莱美奖等等。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
我希望我有时间做很多安静的唱片。太安静了，你听不见他们说话。
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
总是那些有着最血腥记录的将军们第一个喊出这到底是什么。在阵亡将士纪念日游行队伍中领头的总是战争寡妇。
I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits.
我不会说我推出的每一张唱片都是历史上最伟大的，但是即使是那些不好的唱片，我也会支持。不要找借口，要成功。
Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds.
塔的记录对我来说就像一座寺庙。我将在那里呆几个小时。没有人能和我一起买唱片。这把他们逼疯了。
Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do.
奇怪的是，当我开始录制唱片时，我并不知道我在录制唱片。我对整件事有点反感，把自己关在地下室里，开始弹钢琴，只是为了找点事做。
I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records.
我不知道是否有艺术家喜欢他们自己的唱片。我还没见过任何人，我在另一个方向上有点极端，但这就是我继续工作的动力，继续创作新歌和新唱片。