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I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
我开始录音是因为我总是抱怨我得到的唱片。至少如果我做了，把事情搞砸了，我就不会责怪任何人了。
Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.
电视不像做记录。我想告诉你们所有的孩子，不要在家里尝试这个，因为它很难。这需要大量的努力工作，大量的练习，以及大量不同的练习。
I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way.
我不常听自己的唱片。偶尔——检查一下我的错误。因为你总能在记录中看到一两处你本可以做得更好的地方。所以你或多或少是这样学习的。
There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
随着时间的推移，有很多人推出了所有这些时髦的唱片，每个人都开始跳起来，就像一句流行语……当行星岩石出现的时候，你就有了所有的电子放克唱片。
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。
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
人类的神圣权利不能在古老的羊皮纸卷或发霉的记录中翻找。它们就像一束阳光一样，由神亲自书写在人类本性的全集里;而且永远无法抹去。
Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive.
让我告诉你——当我站在世界之巅时，你变得如此谦卑。你不再想打破记录，你不再想获得科学数据——你唯一想要的就是活着回来。
Everybody's just been spilling their guts all over records and talking about how hard it is to be an entertainer and how much we get hated on and what we have to go through. But I ain't really got it that bad. I'm just happy to be here.
每个人都在唱片上倾吐心声，谈论成为一名艺人有多难，我们有多遭人憎恨，我们必须经历些什么。但我并没有那么糟。我很高兴来到这里。
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我，我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!
When the first record came out, I'd go down to radio stations pretty much every day to get the record played, and I would walk in and they'd tell us how much they loved the record, but they weren't sure how much they could play it because they were already playing a girl.
当第一个记录出来,我去电台几乎每天都记录了,我走在,他们会告诉我们他们有多爱,但是他们不确定他们可以玩多少,因为他们已经玩一个女孩。
I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.
我基本上是通过复制唱片自学唱歌和演奏，对我来说就是这样。我知道这对很多初露头角的音乐家来说是正确的——这就是让他们受到启发的事情，就是努力学习他们最喜欢的歌曲。我认为这是一个很好的自学方法。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.
我所做的事情，真的，是与观众交流，而不是通过记录取得任何成就。
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。
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。
I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.
我满足于做记录，但我不想总是做同样的事情。
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。