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.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

I have been so lucky to receive so much love from those who enjoy my music, that I feel I have to give as much of it as I can back to children.

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

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.

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

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