For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.