I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.