“Now I'm not going to go, "Oh my God, what are people saying about me?" I had a choice to be a student and not become a model, and becoming a doctor was another one of my dreams. I had a choice between not becoming a singer or becoming a songwriter and writing behind the scenes; nobody would have seen me writing songs for other people. I had the choice of not marrying my man; we could have just been hidden lovers, but I couldn't cope with it. I had these choices to do all these things, so I'm not going to cry over a life which has been really lucky.” PeopleMenWritingDreamSongChoicesCryStudentsLoversSceneLucky Author:Carla Bruni
“Public people are definitely captives. It wasn't really my ambition, but that's what happened. If I could find another word that would be more precise, I'd tell that I'm captive of my need for acknowledgement. People ask me, "Isn't it terrible to be famous?" Not for me! I sort of need it. To be honest, I always enjoyed it. It's as if it gave me some structure. It's as if I needed someone else's eyes to look at myself.” PeopleEyeHonestTerribleAmbitionBeing HonestAsk MeMy AmbitionAcknowledgement Author:Carla Bruni
“I realized that women are still not seen as equal to men. We had a big wave of feminism just before my generation was born. We're still sitting on this wave. There are very militant people and very aggressive women at the top of that wave but I think we have a new version of it now.” PeopleThinkingMenFeminismEqualWaveI RealizedAggressiveMilitant Author:Carla Bruni
“People can have political opinions and put them into songs. I'd never deliberately do that, but that's a personal choice I'm inspired by my man but not by his previous position. I'm more inspired by people that are left out by society.” PeopleMenPoliticalSongChoicesOpinionInspiredLeft Out Author:Carla Bruni
“Let's face it, fashion was destroyed by HIV. People would just die like flies in the eighties. Then, my brother died of HIV, so I was shaken by it in a way that you cannot imagine. It has sadly been in my life ever since and affected it for such a long time. It won't let go. To me, it's a fight that's not finished. Of course, there are medicines that help, but half the world has no access to them.” PeopleWorldLongHelpingFightingImagineFashionBrotherLetting GoMy BrotherBrother Died Author:Carla Bruni
“Many young people are not having safe sex because they think medicines will make everything okay. The thing about these medicines is that you often have to take them your whole life. They can be very aggressive chemicals for your body. Just because you don't hear of as many people around you dying from HIV/AIDS - just like how it was in the '80s and '90s - you can still die. I'd say to someone who's very young to protect themselves and protect their lives. There's nothing safer than not catching this virus. It's having something that never goes out of your system.” PeopleThinkingDyingProtectOkayAidsWhole LifeAggressive Author:Carla Bruni
“I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.” PeopleWayIdeasJudgingOne WayPreconceived Ideas Author:Carla Bruni
“But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.” PeopleKnowsBelieveOpinionTruth IsPressesCareful Author:Carla Bruni
“I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me.” PeopleKnowsWantProudFranceBe ProudElegantProud Of Me Author:Carla Bruni
