جب گٹار اور ایمپلیفائر پہلے ہی اتنے بہترین تھے تو وہ بار بار انہیں کیوں بدلتے رہے؟ میری مانو تو انہوں نے گاڑیوں کے ساتھ بھی یہی کیا۔ وہ انہیں صحیح بنانا بھول گئے کیونکہ ان کی ساری توجہ صرف اسٹائل اور فضول کی نمائش پر تھی۔

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.

ذرا بول تو سنیے—ہم روزمرہ کی زندگی کے بارے میں گاتے ہیں: امیر لوگ اپنے پیسے سنبھالنے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں، غریب لوگ انہیں کمانے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں، اور ہر کسی کو اپنے شوہر یا بیوی سے کوئی نہ کوئی پریشانی ہے!

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!

جاز اور بلوز کلب بالکل جاز اور بلوز موسیقاروں کی طرح ہیں—وہ آہستہ آہستہ ختم ہو رہے ہیں۔

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

انہوں نے بس اتنا کہا، ’ٹیپ چلا دو۔‘ کوئی ریہرسل نہیں، کچھ نہیں... مڈی [واٹرز] نے کبھی آ کر یہ نہیں کہا کہ ’میں ریہرسل کرنا چاہتا ہوں۔‘ وہ میری طرف دیکھتے اور کہتے، ’بس بلوز بجاؤ۔ تمہیں بس یہی کرنے کی ضرورت ہے۔‘

They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues. That's all you need to do.

They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues. That's all you need to do.

جب آپ گٹار بجاتے ہیں، تو آپ کو کچھ کہنے کی ضرورت نہیں پڑتی۔ لڑکیاں خود ہی آپ سے باتیں کرنے آ جاتی ہیں۔

When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.

When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.

یہاں تک کہ ڈس جاکی بھی کہتے ہیں کہ اگر میں تمہارا گانا چلا دوں، تو سمجھو میں نے ہی تمہیں اسٹار بنایا ہے۔ اس لیے تمہیں میرے لیے مفت میں پرفارم کرنا ہوگا۔

Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

میں نے کبھی اٹھ کر یہ نہیں سوچا کہ، "ارے بھائی، اگر میں نے گٹار بجانا سیکھ لیا تو اتنے پیسے تو نہیں ملیں گے، لیکن ایرک کلپٹن یا کسی اور کی طرح ٹھیک ٹھاک گزارا ہو جائے گا۔" ایسی کوئی بات ہی نہیں تھی۔

I didn't look up and say, "Oh, man, if I learn how to play a guitar I could make not much money, but I'd make a decent living like Eric Clapton or somebody." There wasn't nothing like that out there.

I didn't look up and say, "Oh, man, if I learn how to play a guitar I could make not much money, but I'd make a decent living like Eric Clapton or somebody." There wasn't nothing like that out there.

अगर आपको लगता है कि आप पर कभी उदासी या दुख नहीं छाएगा, तो बस जीते रहिए।

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

ब्लूज़ संगीतकार कभी रिटायर नहीं होते। वे बस काम करते-करते दम तोड़ देते हैं।

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

वे कहते हैं कि ब्लूज़ उदास होता है, पर जब बी.बी. गाते हैं—'मेरे पास एक प्यारी सी नन्ही परी है, मुझे उसके पंख फैलाना बहुत पसंद है,'—तो मुझे यह बहुत ज़्यादा उदास नहीं लगता!

They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!

They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!

मैं कुछ ऐसा धमाकेदार बजाने जा रहा हूँ कि आप उसकी महक महसूस कर सकें

I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it

I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it

जब मैं शिकागो गया था, तो मैं इसे यूँ कहूँगा: मैं एक दस-सेंट का सिक्का ढूंढ रहा था और मुझे पच्चीस-सेंट का मिल गया।

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

मैंने आज तक कभी कोई शो मिस नहीं किया। संगीत लोगों को खुश करता है, और इसीलिए मैं इसे करता रहता हूँ—मुझे हर किसी के चेहरे पर मुस्कान देखना अच्छा लगता है।

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

शहर में सबसे अच्छे मत बनिए। बस तब तक सबसे अच्छे बनने की कोशिश कीजिए जब तक कि कोई आपसे बेहतर न आ जाए।

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

ब्लूज़ अमेरिकन एक्सप्रेस की तरह है। मैं इसके बिना घर से बाहर नहीं निकलता।

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

मैं जो कुछ भी बजाता हूँ, वह दूसरों को सुनकर ही सीखता हूँ।

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

मुझे जो मैं कर रहा हूँ उससे प्यार है। और यह दुनिया हर किसी से इतनी नाराज़ है। अगर मैं ऐसा कुछ करूँ जिससे लोगों के चेहरे पर मुस्कान आ जाए, तो मैं कहूँगा, मैंने तुम्हें पा लिया। उस पल के लिए, भले ही वह टिके न, मैंने तुम्हें उन दूसरी बातों को भुला दिया जिनके बारे में तुम सोच रहे होंगे।

I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don't last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.

I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don't last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.

अगर आपको लगता है कि आप पर उदासी नहीं छाई है, तो बस जीते रहिए, और अगर आपको लगता है कि आपको नशा नहीं चढ़ा है, तो जो पी रहे हैं उसे पीते रहिए।

If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.

If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.

मैं खुद को सुनकर कुछ नहीं सीख सकता। वह तो ऐसी चीज़ है जिसे मैं पहले से जानता हूँ।

I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.

I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.

جب میں اسٹیج پر جاتا ہوں تو خود کو بالکل بھول جاتا ہوں۔

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.

تمہارادماغ چھٹی پر ہوتا ہے اور زبان دگنی تیزی سے چل رہی ہوتی ہے۔

Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.

Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.

تو اب میں یہاں ہوں—ایک پچہتر سالہ شخص جو بلوز کلب میں بار اسکول پر بیٹھا ہے، یہ سوچ رہا ہے کہ آخر میں یہاں تک کیسے پہنچا۔ آپ اسے جس زاویے سے بھی دیکھیں، یہ ایک زبردست کہانی ہے۔

So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it's a helluva story.

So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it's a helluva story.

ایک بار میں ہوٹل میں چیک ان کر رہا تھا تو ایک جوڑے نے میری انگوٹھی دیکھی جس پر ’بلوز‘ لکھا تھا۔ انہوں نے کہا، ’تم بلوز بجاتے ہو۔ وہ موسیقی تو بہت اداس ہوتی ہے۔‘ میں نے انہیں شو کے ٹکٹ دے دیے، اور وہ شو کے بعد میرے پاس آئے اور بولے، ’تم نے ایک بھی اداس گانا نہیں بجایا۔‘

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'

کسی نے مجھ سے ایک بار کہا تھا کہ بلوز وسکی کی طرح ہوتا ہے۔ وہ سالوں تک وسکی کو پیپے میں بند رکھتے ہیں، اور پھر فخر سے کہتے ہیں کہ وہ کتنی پرانی اور عمدہ ہو گئی ہے۔ لیکن میرا نہیں خیال کہ یہ بات اس نوجوان پر لاگو ہوتی ہے۔ مجھے لگتا ہے کہ یہ نوجوان بس میدان میں یہ ثابت کرنے اترا ہے کہ تم سب غلط ہو۔ مجھے لگتا ہے کہ وہ تربوز کی طرح ہے، بالکل پکا ہوا۔

Someone told me once that blues is like whiskey. They keep whiskey in the barrel for so many years, and then they talk about how well it's aged. But I don't think that goes for him. I think this young man has just stepped in there sayin', 'I'm gonna prove you all wrong.' I think he's like a watermelon, man. He's ripe.

Someone told me once that blues is like whiskey. They keep whiskey in the barrel for so many years, and then they talk about how well it's aged. But I don't think that goes for him. I think this young man has just stepped in there sayin', 'I'm gonna prove you all wrong.' I think he's like a watermelon, man. He's ripe.