Mireille Mathieu's Quotes

Music is the best way for me to say I love you.

I arrive at the theatre four hours before the beginning of the performance. I must get accustomed to the hall even if I know it well.

I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time.

It doesn't matter if you have a desperate heart when you have to sing about joy; it doesn't matter if you're scared to death when the lights go on.

It is impossible to live without love. You must have the feeling of being loved.

My songs always speak of love, that's the way I like them.

The most remarkable moment is when you go out on the stage and you hear the applause of the audience!

There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise.

I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

In the life of a singer, it's not all triumphs and happy memories; there are days you have to go out there when it's the last thing you feel like doing.