In recent years, Jean-Jacques Goldman has been more and more discreet. His appearances are more than rare. But when he decides to “reappear” in the eyes of the general public, it creates the event. The singer chose the day of return, Thursday, September 1 to break the silence.
He sent a card to the middle school students of the Ulis classes in Soufflenheim and Pfulgriesheim to congratulate them. Indeed, these teenagers with visible or invisible disabilities are at the origin of the song Together, in which they claim their differences and call for tolerance. “Congratulations to everyone for this great song TOGETHER! To the students of Albert Camus, the teachers, the musicians and the directors! The project and the song are good! Thank you! Friendly. JJG”he noted in a letter. “I know that he is sensitive to everything related to education and difference. We had sent him the model of the project at the start and he was touched by the texts written by the children”explained Céline Ledru, librarian professor at Albert Camus College at France Blue.
The confidences of Patrick Fiori on his friend
In 50 mins Inside on TF1, Saturday August 27, Patrick Fiori spoke about his relationship with Jean-Jacques Goldman. The two men met in 1999 in The bastards. Since then, they have remained very good friends and have worked together several times. “He trusted me right away, and he has an extra soul. He got me through all the storms”said the coach of The Voice Kids on the favorite personality of the French people he met in 1999 in the Enfoirés troupe.
“He’s someone who knows how to summarize in three words – because I talk for an hour and a quarter (on the phone, editor’s note), I get drunk”he continued in a tone of humor. “Even when you talk to him about a song idea, he talks about it but not in my way at all. Meaning he’s going to look for another connection, he’s going to look for something else to come back around and offer me what I wanted to tell without betraying myself.” He confided in his retirement in 2016. “The fact that he stepped aside at the right time, when you think about it, I say to myself: ‘How strong he is!’ Trapped by nothing, free from everything”.
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Adam Javal-Fauconnier