In France a lot of songs were ruined by their associations with commercials. But so far no Apple commercial has ruined a song for me.

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.

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

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.

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

There was never a choice to sing in English or French, that's the thing. We started a band and sang right away in English. You reproduce the thing you like, and most of the bands we liked were coming from England or the U.S. We also came to cherish the fact that there was no one in France singing in English -we were so happy Phoenix to be the first. Even if we are traitors to France, our country, which I'll never understand, because we talk about things that are very French.

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