Jelly Roll说他讨厌自己98%的纹身
Jelly Roll has a staggering amount of tattoos — but that doesn’t mean he likes them.
Jelly Roll 有很多纹身，但这并不意味着他喜欢纹身。
In a video interview with GQ, the “Need a Favor” singer revealed that he de dislikes almost all of his ink. “I regret 98% of these tattoos. 97% — almost all of them,” Jelly Roll said. “Like, core philosophies that I rooted my life in when I was 17 and now I’m 40, I’m like ‘What the f--- was I thinking?’”
在接受《GQ》的视频采访中，这位演唱《Need a Favor》的歌手透露，他几乎不喜欢自己所有的墨水。“我对98%的纹身感到后悔。97%——几乎所有人，”杰尔利·罗尔说。“就像我17岁时扎根于我生活的核心哲学一样，现在我已经40岁了，我想'我到底在想什么?’”
The video was intended to be a tour of the singer’s most notable tattoos, which proved to be an overwhelming task. “I hate them all,” he said. “I don’t know where to start.”
这段视频的目的是展示这位歌手最著名的纹身，但事实证明这是一项艰巨的任务。“我恨他们所有人，”他说。“我不知道从哪里开始。”
Mr. Roll identified one design that gives him special pause. “Maybe the baby smoking the blunt was a little excessive?” he said. “You know what I’m saying? Maybe that was a little bit much.”
罗尔提到了一种让他特别犹豫的设计。“也许宝宝抽钝烟有点过分了?”他说。“你知道我在说什么吗?”也许这有点过了。”
The singer said that nowadays, he only gets tattoos to commemorate tours and to cover up his most regrettable choices. “The ones that were really bad have already been covered up,” he explained. For example, Roll’s neck features the Nashville skyline to cover up the phrase “Surviving the struggle” — which was missing a “T” due to a typo, so it read “Surviving the sruggle.”
这位歌手说，现在他纹身只是为了纪念巡演和掩盖他最遗憾的选择。“那些真正糟糕的已经被掩盖了，”他解释说。例如，Roll的脖子上印着纳什维尔的天际线，以掩盖“在斗争中幸存”这句话——由于打字错误，这句话少了一个“T”，所以它被写成了“在斗争中幸存”。
There are a select few tattoos that still hold personal meaning for the singer — particularly the large cross on his face. “It was symbolic of a change in me,” he said. “It was symbolic of kind of a new beginning, understanding that I need to bear my own cross.”
有一些纹身仍然对这位歌手有个人意义，尤其是他脸上的大十字架。“这象征着我的改变，”他说。“这象征着一个新的开始，我明白我需要背负自己的十字架。”
Another standout is the large text “Music Man” that’s sprawled across his forehead — a reference to one of his wife’s tattoos, which is itself a reference to the song “Tiny Dancer.” “My wife has ‘Married a music man’ tattooed on her leg from the Elton John lyric,” he explained. “I realized that almost all of my tattoos represent who I was, none of them represent who I am. And quite a few years ago, I looked at my wife, and I said, ‘I don’t want to be bound to these old tattoos anymore. I want them to be reflective of who I am.’ and I was like ‘I think I’m gonna put Music Man on my forehead.’”
另一个引人注目的地方是他额头上的大字“音乐人”——这是他妻子的一个纹身，而这个纹身本身就是对歌曲《Tiny Dancer》的参考。他解释说:“我妻子在腿上纹了埃尔顿·约翰的歌词‘嫁给了一个音乐人’。”“我意识到，几乎我所有的纹身都代表我是谁，没有一个代表我是谁。几年前，我看着我的妻子，我说，‘我不想再被这些旧纹身束缚了。我希望他们能反映出我是谁。’我就说‘我想我要把音乐人纹在我的额头上。’”
Jelly Roll still encourages people to get tattoos, and advises everyone to save up for the best artists they can find. “I tell people I regret my tattoos, but I would not not get tattoos,” he said. “If I could do it all over again, I’d’ve went from the tip of my finger to the back of my head — but I’d have got with the best artist on Earth and took my time.”
Jelly Roll仍然鼓励人们纹身，并建议大家存钱请最好的纹身师。“我告诉别人我后悔我的纹身，但我不会不去纹身，”他说。“如果我能重新来过，我会从指尖到后脑勺，但我会选择世界上最好的艺术家，花时间创作。”
Jelly Roll 有很多纹身，但这并不意味着他喜欢纹身。
In a video interview with GQ, the “Need a Favor” singer revealed that he de dislikes almost all of his ink. “I regret 98% of these tattoos. 97% — almost all of them,” Jelly Roll said. “Like, core philosophies that I rooted my life in when I was 17 and now I’m 40, I’m like ‘What the f--- was I thinking?’”
在接受《GQ》的视频采访中，这位演唱《Need a Favor》的歌手透露，他几乎不喜欢自己所有的墨水。“我对98%的纹身感到后悔。97%——几乎所有人，”杰尔利·罗尔说。“就像我17岁时扎根于我生活的核心哲学一样，现在我已经40岁了，我想'我到底在想什么?’”
The video was intended to be a tour of the singer’s most notable tattoos, which proved to be an overwhelming task. “I hate them all,” he said. “I don’t know where to start.”
这段视频的目的是展示这位歌手最著名的纹身，但事实证明这是一项艰巨的任务。“我恨他们所有人，”他说。“我不知道从哪里开始。”
Mr. Roll identified one design that gives him special pause. “Maybe the baby smoking the blunt was a little excessive?” he said. “You know what I’m saying? Maybe that was a little bit much.”
罗尔提到了一种让他特别犹豫的设计。“也许宝宝抽钝烟有点过分了?”他说。“你知道我在说什么吗?”也许这有点过了。”
The singer said that nowadays, he only gets tattoos to commemorate tours and to cover up his most regrettable choices. “The ones that were really bad have already been covered up,” he explained. For example, Roll’s neck features the Nashville skyline to cover up the phrase “Surviving the struggle” — which was missing a “T” due to a typo, so it read “Surviving the sruggle.”
这位歌手说，现在他纹身只是为了纪念巡演和掩盖他最遗憾的选择。“那些真正糟糕的已经被掩盖了，”他解释说。例如，Roll的脖子上印着纳什维尔的天际线，以掩盖“在斗争中幸存”这句话——由于打字错误，这句话少了一个“T”，所以它被写成了“在斗争中幸存”。
There are a select few tattoos that still hold personal meaning for the singer — particularly the large cross on his face. “It was symbolic of a change in me,” he said. “It was symbolic of kind of a new beginning, understanding that I need to bear my own cross.”
有一些纹身仍然对这位歌手有个人意义，尤其是他脸上的大十字架。“这象征着我的改变，”他说。“这象征着一个新的开始，我明白我需要背负自己的十字架。”
Another standout is the large text “Music Man” that’s sprawled across his forehead — a reference to one of his wife’s tattoos, which is itself a reference to the song “Tiny Dancer.” “My wife has ‘Married a music man’ tattooed on her leg from the Elton John lyric,” he explained. “I realized that almost all of my tattoos represent who I was, none of them represent who I am. And quite a few years ago, I looked at my wife, and I said, ‘I don’t want to be bound to these old tattoos anymore. I want them to be reflective of who I am.’ and I was like ‘I think I’m gonna put Music Man on my forehead.’”
另一个引人注目的地方是他额头上的大字“音乐人”——这是他妻子的一个纹身，而这个纹身本身就是对歌曲《Tiny Dancer》的参考。他解释说:“我妻子在腿上纹了埃尔顿·约翰的歌词‘嫁给了一个音乐人’。”“我意识到，几乎我所有的纹身都代表我是谁，没有一个代表我是谁。几年前，我看着我的妻子，我说，‘我不想再被这些旧纹身束缚了。我希望他们能反映出我是谁。’我就说‘我想我要把音乐人纹在我的额头上。’”
Jelly Roll still encourages people to get tattoos, and advises everyone to save up for the best artists they can find. “I tell people I regret my tattoos, but I would not not get tattoos,” he said. “If I could do it all over again, I’d’ve went from the tip of my finger to the back of my head — but I’d have got with the best artist on Earth and took my time.”
Jelly Roll仍然鼓励人们纹身，并建议大家存钱请最好的纹身师。“我告诉别人我后悔我的纹身，但我不会不去纹身，”他说。“如果我能重新来过，我会从指尖到后脑勺，但我会选择世界上最好的艺术家，花时间创作。”
