“I try to create every day,” says Diane Dufresne. Every day is new for me. Because when you go to sleep at night, you never know if you’re going to wake up the next day. »
Episode 7: Diane Dufresne
In a rare and generous interview, Diane Dufresne recounts the creation of her new album, State of siege. She confides in her relationship with her mother, who died too young, on her relationship with age and on her environmentalist beliefs, in addition to returning to her friendship with Luc Plamondon.
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Singer Diane Dufresne
Three quotes from our interview
About his relationship with his audience
“I don’t have to be pleasant when I’m preparing a show. You shouldn’t bother me too much, because I need to be centered. I’m going to get the people. And it’s no small thing to go see people! Every person in a room has a life, every person is important. I have a responsibility, even if it’s an exchange. »
About his first moment of musical intoxication
“That’s when I heard Barbara sing My most beautiful story in Bobino [légendaire salle de Paris]. I must have been 20 years old. Barbara was her life, music, a bit like me. She arrived in her dressing room well in advance. For her, it was her love story. She truly lived for the public. She was magnificent, Barbara. She was unique. »
About his mother
“My parents went to New York once a year, my mother went to buy her clothes there. My father always liked what was new, my mother too. In the 1950s, she had platinum hair, a duck tail, she smoked cigarettes, she wore very short shorts. It was the city firecracker of Anjou. She loved difference, she wasn’t afraid of it. »