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.

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

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

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

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

I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.

If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.