France is a republic, and the rules in theory have been made by everyone rather than imposed by a dictatorship or king or whatever. So it's like, we've got to stick to these rules because we made them.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's the point. Showbiz is about showing human things - just amplified, that's all. And when it gets too much into, "Hey, we're part of the showbiz club and we can do what we want," it turns me off and I hate it.

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

It's funny how you can intensely investigate one very particular thing, and then it can lead you to other things through links and stuff like that. It's like you're going on this selective, very precise detour. But then it is strange because with it being so quick, there must be a difference.

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.