Musician

Back in '75 I had five albums in the top 10. Simultaneously. And among them the number one album and the number one single. And my name was mentioned twice or three times in the Guinness Book of Records.

It is not every day that a pop superstar gets involved with terrorism as a victim, so the press takes advantage of that to say things they think are funny.

I am a unique kind of personage and voice! No one else is like me!

Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor. You are the mediator who can transfer the energy of beautiful music to the others.

I consider all my songs as my children and I don't think any father gets tired of his children, otherwise he's not a good father.

I wanted so much to come to America and have America hear my music.

The women in Europe think I'm the Beatles, they throw me flowers.

It's true that a song or an entertainer isn't really a hit unless he's a hit in America as well as Europe.

My music was liked by the people.

I own a private yacht, private jet and a private lion.

When I went to England the first time, everyone asked the same question - how come you're so big in Europe and nothing in England. And I told them that all the continents, they're coming, one by one.

I am not like any other singer in America - I am a new creation.

Everybody loves me.

My records have done very well in Europe and I want Americans to like my music too.

Food is like music. You've got two kinds, good and bad.

I'm like a painter who has had his different periods: jazz, soul, pop, psychedelia, varietes.

The public never knows what he wants, but he always wants what he knows.

In 1975 I had the award for the top male artist, the award for top single, the award for top album.

I can't conquer all the world at the same time.

One day I had an instinct to put on a kaftan and go out and sing. People liked it out of the blue. An artist should be instinctive.