Jean-Michel Jarre

“My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.”

“I think that in any language when you have a real relationship, and there is love and respect between people, infidelity is always something difficult to accept - whether you are Chinese, Br...”

“Technology does not always rhyme with perfection and reliability. Far from it in reality!”

“Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.”

“When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance from early on, 1941. At that time, the Resistance were considered troublem...”

“Snowden has demonstrated true love for his country. He has done something to improve the lives of people.”

“To me, the original VCS3 synthesizer is like a Stradivarius.”

“All those ethereal string sounds on 'Oxygene IV' come from the VCS3. It was the first European synthesizer, made in England by a guy called Peter Zinoviev. I got one of the first ones.”

“One of the first things I created was music for the Paris opera's ballet troupe. That was the first time that electronic music was played at the opera. I really like the relationship between...”

“The value of streaming platforms is estimated at a few billion dollars, and creators can only afford a pizza without pepperoni at the end of the year with the revenues. Without musicians, al...”