My way of thinking is to create a situation where we rally everyone together and create peace and pardon people, to not forget about the past - because we need to learn from it - but to mainly think about the future.

I want to continue to do a good job for my constituents, my party doesn't want me to resign.

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

I don't even want to be president!

I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called Ooh La La, that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened our institution.

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.