达利斯·卡洛斯·鲁克是一位美国歌手和作曲家。作为摇滚乐队hotie&theblowfish的主唱和节奏吉他手，他第一次成名于1986年，与马克·布莱恩、吉姆·索尼菲德和迪安·费尔伯一起在南卡罗来纳大学成立。
To have John Mellencamp compliment my songwriting? That was unreal.
让约翰·梅伦坎普称赞我的歌曲创作？那是不真实的。
I expect to make a career out of country music.
我希望能以乡村音乐为职业。
My family lives a pretty normal life.
我的家人过着很正常的生活。
Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.
雷·查尔斯一直是我生活中的重要一部分。
I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.
我认为那些走出去告诉你他们将改变多少事情的人最终只是另一个人。我从未试图改变任何事情。那不是给我的。
I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
我是一个在非裔美国人聚居区长大的孩子，进了学校，立志做我自己，不担心标签什么的。只是想在我所做的事情上取得成功。
I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.
我非常尊敬肯尼·切斯尼、卡丽·安德伍德和苏格兰。它们太棒了。他们是音乐界的巨星。
It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.
对我来说，重要的是要找到一个标签，不会回来后，第一单。每个人都习惯了听我和Hootie在一起，他们会怀疑的。