I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.

It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.