Today we explain a very old saying that has had a big influence on rock-and-roll music. That saying is a rolling stone gathers no moss.It has several meanings.今天我們來解釋一個對搖滾音樂有著深遠影響的古老諺語，它就是a rolling stone gathers no moss（滾石不生苔）。它包含了數種含義
1. One meaning is that a person who never settles down in one place will not be successful.其中一種含義是，不安定下來的人是不會成功的
2. Another is that someone who is always moving, with no roots in one place, avoids responsibilities.
另一種含義是說某些人四處漂泊，居無定所，逃避責任。
This proverb was said to be first used in the fifteen hundreds. But in the nineteen sixties, the expression rolling stone became famous in the world of rock-and-roll music. It became the name of a rock group, a song and a magazine.
據說這個諺語第一次被用到是在16世紀。但是在20世紀60年代，rolling stone這個短語在搖滾音樂界變得知名起來，它成為了一支搖滾樂隊，一首歌和一本雜誌的名字。
Experts say it all started with a song by the American singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. He was one of the country’s top blues musicians until his death in nineteen eighty-three. His music influenced singers like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. In nineteen-fifty, Muddy Waters recorded a song called "Rollin』 Stone."
專家稱，這一切始於美國歌手兼吉他手馬迪·沃特斯（Muddy Waters）的一首歌。直到1983年去世前，沃特斯一直都是美國頂尖的布魯斯(blues，又譯為藍調)音樂家之一。他的音樂影響了像艾爾維斯·普萊斯利/貓王（Elvis Presley）和鮑勃·迪倫（Bob Dylan）等一些歌手。1950年，沃特斯錄了一首名為Rollin』 Stone的歌。
A British rock group is said to have taken its name from Muddy Waters』 song. The Rolling Stones performed for the first time in nineteen sixty-two. The group’s members called themselves "the world’s greatest rock and roll band."
據說，一個英國搖滾組合取名就源自沃特斯的這首歌。滾石樂隊的第一次演出是在1962年，該樂隊的成員稱他們是「世界上最優秀的搖滾樂隊」。
In nineteen sixty-five, Bob Dylan released his song "Like a Rolling Stone." It is one of his best known and most influential works.
1965年，迪倫發行了歌曲Like a Rolling Stone，這是他最知名且最有影響力的作品之一。
It is an angry song about a woman who was once rich and successful. But now she is on her own, "with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone."
這是關於一個曾經富有、成功的女人的一首冤曲。但是現在，她獨自一人，「沒有回家的方向，孤零零，像一個滾石。」
In nineteen sixty-seven, a young man named Jann Wenner started a magazine he named "Rolling Stone." The magazine reported on rock music and the popular culture that the music created. By nineteen seventy-one, "Rolling Stone" had become the leading rock music and counterculture publication. It is still popular today.
1967年，一個叫做簡·溫納（Jann Wenner）的年輕人創辦了一本名為Rolling Stone的雜誌，該雜誌報導了搖滾音樂以及該類音樂產生的流行文化。1971年，該雜誌已經成為搖滾音樂和反傳統文化的重要出版物，至今仍然很流行。