Вот перевод :
Ray Slijngaard (34) is not a famous singer anymore, but a producer, of Dutch Masters and Angel.
"I AM A FAMILY MAN NOW"
No no no no no no
"That's what people mostly shout, when they see me. "Where is Anita?" they ask, or "When do you come back with a new hit-record?". Not always pleasant, I have finished 2 Unlimited already for many years."
Artist
"Just after I stopped, it was difficult for me. I didn't know what to do. I still had the urge to perform. We couldn't do something other than stop. The producers wanted to carry on the way we did, but Anita and I demanded more participation. I would have wanted to go on, but on my own way. That wasn't possible. I had to start with the second part of my life. Fortunately in that period I became father of a son, Rayvano. I could focus on that."
Dьsseldorf
"That's where I live. In Germany I fell in love with a German-Italian woman. Last year we had a daughter, Joy Charlene. Germans are relaxed people. They are not as open as Dutchmen, and a bit colder, but more honest business-like. I also live in France. I used to live in Monaco, but that has become too expensive, now I live in Cannes. And I am often in Los Angeles and Amsterdam."
Manager
"I know how artists have to look, and how they have to behave. I am for one half interested in the singing, and for one half in the charisma. I am the manager of two new acts. Dutch Masters is a rap group from Tilburg and Angel is a (female) solo-singer from Rotterdam. Angel has already a management-team, which is a lot easier, we don't have to finance her whole private life. We start with them in Germany, because the market is a lot bigger there than in the Netherlands."
Player
"I used to be a player, yes. When 2 Unlimited started I was 19, and it lasted till I was 25. They say that in music-business you keep as young as when you started. So I have been 19 years old, for six years. Before 2 Unlimited I already had girl-friends, but after that it was much easier. On tour, we were with an entire group of men, from security, sound-technicians - all men who enjoyed life. In the beginning you take women to your hotel. It worked addictive, it became a sport. How many women can you get, who will get the most beautiful woman, tomorrow we will go to Tokyo, what are we going to do there? Now it doesn't matter to me anymore. I am a family man, I don't go out often. When I am standing in a discotheque, I think: what am I doing here?"
Millionaire
"I have lived, I have enjoyed it. Much has been spent, but I have saved enough. I work because music is my hobby, I don't need to do this for money. I don't feel the pressure to make a new hit-record."
Anita
"Two months ago I have seen her again. Anita and I hadn't spoken to each other for six or seven years, after 2 Unlimited ended. We had a relation during 2 Unlimited, but that was finished. Usually you don't see your ex-partner anymore. But we had to keep working together everyday. It was only business-like. It was good that we had a talk again. She was content with it, and me too somewhat"