This Thursday, November 16, 2023, Jacques Dutronc was the guest of Steven Bellery on RTL on the occasion of the publication of his memoirs, And me and me and me published by Le Cherche Midi. An opportunity for the artist to talk about the last tour he did with his son, Thomas.
“This tour did me good, but I felt bad”he explained in particular on the microphone of our colleagues before continuing: “It’s like alcohol. There were lots of little details. I got Covid, my heart reached 133. But that doesn’t matter, it was a very nice experience, I was with my son and great people. It was very good”. Despite his worrying state of health, Jacques Dutronc assures that this tour allowed him to store “good memories”. “It’s better to have good memories than to feel good in the moment…”
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“She sharpens her scythe”
During this interview, the artist also spoke of the depression that follows such an adventure. “You leave a room of 20,000 people and if we add up all the people who have seen you, in relation to the tours, to the cinema, … suddenly no one is left. There is that and age, the death which arrives, which is hovering. We are heading towards a kind of depression. It’s possible, we’re diving into it, it’s even sure.”
And to conclude by talking about the passing of time and death, a concern which increasingly occupies his thoughts. “I feel her sharpening her scythe. I never thought about it but all around me it’s falling apart. Very close, three in one month is weird. Never two without three, it’s okay…” Upsetting confidences.
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