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.

I was born a singer. I need to do that.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

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.

All children are my children.

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

My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.