I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my father's influence and because the comparisons that I - not even other people - would make.

When you fight against your own weaknesses, there's something embarrassing about it.

It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.