Tracii: Izzy was the drummer in a band called The Babysitters. He wore adress, and I think somebody beat his ass, so he joined this band called Shire,which was a Scorpions kind of metal band. That's when I became friends with him[The Days of Wine and Roses, Classic Rock, April 2005]
Tracii (L.A. Guns): Izzy当时在一个叫做The Babysitters的乐队里当鼓手。他（在台上）穿着条裙子，我想是因为当时有人跟他闹崩了，所以他就加入了Shire，一个有点类似于Scorpions的金属乐队。在这个节点上我和他成为了朋友。[The Days of Wine and Roses, Classic Rock, April 2005]

Tracii: Izzy was playing with my singer’s brother’s band called, Shire. Hewas the bass player, and I met him at a Shire show. We became best friendsright away, and he moved into my mom’s house, where I was living. [Tales FromThe Stage, February 2013]
Tracii：Izzy当时在我主唱的兄弟的乐队Shire里。他当时是贝斯手，我是在Shire的演出上遇见他的；我们马上就成为了最好的朋友，然后他就搬进了我妈妈的房子，当时我也住在那里。[Tales From The Stage, February 2013]

Gilby: I was one of Izzy's first friendswhen he came to L.A. [...] Izzy was a drummer back then. We had another friendcalled Chris and thought about doing a band together and stuff. [...] No, Inever played with Izzy, he wasn't a very good drummer [laughs] [Making ****ingvideos, 1991?]
Gilby（Izzy离队后的节奏吉他手）：我是Izzy来到LA之后结交的第一批朋友之一，那时他还是个鼓手。我们有另一个朋友叫做Chris，（我们三个）曾经考虑过要不要一块组个乐队什么的。……不，我从来没有跟Izzy一块演奏过，他当时不是个好鼓手（笑）。[Making ****ing videos, 1991?]

Tracii: Izzy and I were very systematicabout how we would play in the band together. It was really fun structuring theL.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose songs for two guitars. We'd spend a lot more timemaking two really different guitar parts and two different guitar sounds. Morethan anything it was an incredible experience. That's when I really learned howto play with another guy. Izzy's so talented - not like a real master and he'sdefinitely not a shredder - but he's just got a brilliant brain for music[Giving It Both Barrels: Dr Rock Takes On Tracii Guns Of The LA Guns , June2010]
Tracii：Izzy和我对于该怎么在同一个乐队里一起演奏有很系统的想法。把L.A. Guns和Hollywood Rose歌编成可以让两个吉他一起演奏的过程非常有趣。我们会花多得多的时间写两个非常不一样的吉他部分，不管怎么样这都是非常不可思议的过程，是我真正学习如何与另一个吉他手一起演奏的过程。Izzy非常有才华——他不是个真正的大师，也绝对不是那种很重金属的吉他手——但他就是对音乐非常有感觉。[Giving It Both Barrels: Dr Rock Takes On Tracii Guns Of The LA Guns, June 2010]

Tracii: [Izzy] was the silent controller[of early GN'R], and I was the vocal one. You know, it was like he'd say: Trace-- you know, I got this idea. You know, what do you think about this? And, youknow, blah blah blah. And I'd go: Well, you know, that's all right. But if wedo this, it might make it a little harder, or a little cooler [Spin Magazine,Outtakes from the Axl Rose Issue, 1999]
Tracii：Izzy是早期GNR里那个沉默的领导者，我是真正说话的那个。打个比方，他会说：“Trace——”然后我就懂了，他的意思是说“你觉得这个怎么样？”之类的。然后我就会说：“还不赖。”但是如果我们一直这么交流，（对其他人来说）理解起来就会有点困难，或者这么看起来更酷了。[Spin Magazine, Outtakes from the Axl Rose Issue, 1999]

Slash: First meeting: I was working in theHollywood Store the day a slinky guy dressed like Johnny Thunders came up tome. He was wearing tight black jeans, creepers, dyedblack hair, and pink socks [Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash.Harper Entertainment: New York]
Slash：第一次见面：当一个瘦高的、穿得像JohnnyThunders一样的家伙来找我的时候，我正在the Hollywood Store里打工（Slinky这个词实在是翻不出它原来那种感觉了，感觉一般是用来形容女性的，就是瘦瘦的线条很优美的那种，你们自己体会一下这个用词……）。他穿着一条紧身的黑牛仔裤，有防水台的鞋子，染黑的头发，还穿着粉袜子。[Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment:New York]

Duff: In front of the hotel was a payphone. On evening, walking out with my belly filled with the meal of the day, Isaw a guy doing business on the phone - a guy dressed like Johnny Thunders.Taking a second glance, I recognized the guy. It was Izzy Stradlin. We had meta few weeks prior, when we both turned up at the same guy's place on the samenight. It could have been awkward, but we both shrugged it off and startedtalking about music. Izzy was into Thunders, Hanoi Rocks, Fear - the rough"street" acts I also preferred to the technical polish of metal. Hereminded me of some of the cooler figures I had known back home, and I ended upgiving him a ride to some other girl's house later that night. We exchangedphone numbers and that was it. Now here he was on my block.
Duff：酒店门口有个公用电话。有天晚上我吃饱喝足后走出酒店（Duff当时在酒店打工），看见有个人在公用电话打电话——他穿得像Johnny Thunders一样。看了第二眼，我认出了这个家伙，是Izzy Stradlin. 我们几周之前见过，当时我们正好在同一个晚上出现在同一个人家里。这种情况本来应该有点尴尬的，但是我们两个都没当回事，开始谈音乐。Izzy非常喜欢Thunders，Hanoi Rocks，还有Fear——和我一样，相比技术性的金属，他更喜欢粗糙一些的“街头”风格。他让我想到了我在家乡认识的一些更酷的人，最后我载她去了其他女孩家里。我们互留了电话然后分开了。他现在算是我认识的人了。

It turned out Izzy had just moved in acrossthe street. I knew the alley behind Izzy's place was really bad - full ofhookers and drug dealers. Shit went down there all the time. What I didn't realizewas that Izzy's place was in the back of the building and that he sold heroinout his back window.
（接上条）最后我发现Izzy刚刚搬进我家街对面，我知道Izzy家背后那个小巷非常乱——全都是妓女和毒贩子，从来不会发生什么好事情。但我不知道的是，Izzy的房间就在那栋建筑的背后（朝着小巷），他还在自己家后窗卖海洛因。
【我觉得Izzy是真的很猛……

Izzy was pretty much strung out the wholetime. But he wasn't sloppy, not nodding out. He was a "maintenanceguy," meaning he did just enough heroin to stave off withdrawal. As we gotto know each other, for some reason I was able to look past his smack habit. Itpart it was because he handled him so well. IN part it was because we bondedover a mutual love of Johnny Thunders - alone in L.A., musical touchstones, itseemed, could trump something that months before in a different setting wouldlikely have snuffed out any budding friendship. In part it had to do with hisdrive and determination [Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011,p 47-48]
（接上）Izzy基本上随时都是吸了毒的状态，但他并不是毫无节制，也不会因为吸了太多而不清醒。他是个很有分寸的人，也就是说他吸得只够刚好不出现戒断症状。我们相互认识的时候，不知为何我能透过他吸毒的习惯看穿他。一部分是因为他把自己控制得非常好，一部分是因为我们有对Johnny Thunders共同的喜爱——在LA，音乐爱好对发展友谊非常重要。还有一部分是因为他的野心和目标。[Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p 47-48]

Duff: We see each other walking down thestreet, and I think he saw me carrying a bass and he goes, "Me and a buddyof mine [Axl] just got a band together. Do you wanna play bass? [...] I dugIzzy's whole vibe [Guitar For The Practising Musician, April 1992]
Duff：我们在街上遇到了，我想他是看到我拿着个贝斯，于是就问：“我和一个朋友（Axl）刚刚成立一个乐队，你想来弹贝斯吗？”[Guitar For The Practising Musician, April 1992]

Duff: One day in February 1985, as I wascoming home from work, I ran into Izzy. he told me he was starting a new bandwith a couple of guys from L.A. Guns [...]. They were calling the new groupGuns N' Roses. [...] Don't you play bass?" he asked me. "I own a bass,"I said [Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p 57-58]
Duff：1985年的一天，当我下班回家的时候，正好遇见了Izzy。他告诉我他刚刚和L.A. Guns的几个人一起组了个新乐队。……他们把新乐队起名叫做Guns N’ Roses。……“你不是会弹贝斯吗？”他问道。“我有个贝斯。”我回答道。[Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p 57-58]

Duff: In 1984, Izzy Stradlin lived in anapartment across the street from me in Hollywood, right behind the ChineseTheater off Hollywood Boulevard. The man seemed to ALWAYS have an acousticguitar in his hands, and was always writing bits and pieces of songs. He still doesthis today [Reverb, Seattle Weekly, October 2010]
Duff：1984年，Izzy就住在好莱坞我公寓的街对面，就在星光大道上的中国剧院后面。他看起来手上【永远】拿着个木吉他，而且永远在写歌。他到现在还这样。[Reverb, Seattle Weekly, October 2010]
【我还去过这个地方哇……当时完全不知道他俩以前住在那里

Duff: Izzy was like Johnny Thunders livingacross the street from me. Just cool as [expletive] [Youngstown News, April2012]
Duff：Izzy就是住在我街对面的Johnny Thunders。就像他一样酷。[Youngstown News, April 2012]

【话说Johnny Thunders，很多人都说Izzy跟他像，因为穿衣打扮是真的很像……放两个图