A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
爵士乐
Jazz
I'm not a jazz singer.
我不是爵士歌手。
I've always loved jazz.
我一直很喜欢爵士乐。
Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
爵士乐是大声思考的艺术。
Jazz is a small word for a vast sound.
爵士乐是一个表示巨大声音的小词。
Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.
爵士乐是人民的音乐，是一个集体。
Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.
爵士乐可以这么严肃，没有幽默感。
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
如果它有三个以上的和弦，那就是爵士乐。
Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.
爵士乐可以是一张充满可能性的空白画布。
If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.
如果我演奏任何音乐，那一定是爵士乐。
After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.
在我厌倦了蓝调音乐之后，我进入了爵士乐。
Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.
主要是摇滚乐，不过我也能演奏还过得去的爵士乐。
Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.
爵士乐使你的肌肉发痒，交响乐使你的灵魂舒展。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.
这有点像爵士乐。你在预测未来，没人相信你。
I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.
我不是一个爵士歌手。我不会让自己站在那个立场上。我甚至不会进入那个竞技场。
I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
我不打算在爵士专辑里放放放。这毫无道理。
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
爵士乐的意义在于，你做了一些事情，然后继续。
Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.
对我来说，爵士乐是一种完整的生活方式。它比一个单词还大。它的力量比你能说的要大得多。这是你必须感觉到的。它是你必须生活的东西。
Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.
喜剧演员与其他喜剧演员交谈的方式，就像爵士音乐家彼此交谈的方式一样。