I Was Hungry. I Was Cold. But

Death Is The Beginning Of Something.

I'm Sure That I've Already Been Dead.

To Be Successful In My Native France, Where People Speak The Same Language And Understand Me, Is Nothing.

Every Damn Fool Thing You Do In This Life You Pay For.

I Always Thought My Days Spent In Darkness [as A Child She Had Cataracts And Was Unable To See For Nearly Four Years] Gave Me A Very Special Sensitivity. Much Later, When I Really Wanted To Hear, Really 'see' A Song, I'd Close My Eyes, And When I Wanted To Bring It Out Of The Very Depths Of Myself, Out Of My Guts, Out Of My Belly, When The Song Had To Come From Far Away, I'd Close My Eyes.