Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I'm singing her music or not.

It's logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.

I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

The pressure of show business is on all the time and show business is a fickle business. Whatever is popular now - that's all that counts. I have to constantly re-identify myself to myself, reactivate my own standards, my own convictions about what I'm doing and why.

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.