One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking about, even he doesn't know because it's so poetic.

In an ideal world people would know the words just for the show and then forget them right after.

I discovered that a lot of the songs I like, they're fantasies, a vision of something, but you don't actually live there.

The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in France.

In France, anyone can use your music on like a TV show or whatever - they don't need to ask permission. It's almost like a child when it has its own life.

The more you say no the more people ask.

I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would.