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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Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.
真人编剧会给你一个结构，但是谁在说结构呢?动画比某种古典的舞台结构更接近爵士乐。
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。
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
如果它听起来像迪克西兰爵士乐、古典音乐、朋克、摇滚，甚至是轻微的金属音乐，那是因为我将在那里找到灵感。
Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.
风险是爵士乐的核心。我们演奏的每一个音符都有风险。
One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?
孩子，我喜欢爵士乐的原因之一就是我不知道接下来会发生什么。你呢?
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。