There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.

Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.