On April 24, Véronique Sanson will celebrate her 74th birthday. The singer agreed to look back on her very long artistic career for an interview with our colleagues from Paris Match. And in all frankness, she assures us: she cannot do without her audience and the stage. During this interview, she also returned to her private life, notably her marriage to Stephen Stills, from 1973 to 1980.
It is with him that she will have a son, named Chris. Thus, her child has dual French-American nationality. And with these two cultures, sometimes there are some balances to find, especially when we talk about money. Indeed, our colleagues from Paris Match asked the singer if she felt any guilt about the money she has earned throughout her life.
Véronique Sanson confides in the education she passed on to her son
A question that he doesn’t really like: “That’s a very French thought, that. An American would never feel guilty about making a living with his songs (…) Why would that be a problem? I was born into a bourgeois family, where I learned that having money was good but that what matters is living with what you have.” she confides, like a clarification.
“And you know, for me, the main thing is to have a roof and water. The rest…”. Values that she passed on to her son, Chris? “It’s more complicated for him,” she explains. “He is Franco-American, I raised him between two cultures”, precise Véronique Sanson.
Chris Stills, a famous musician in the United States
Additionally, Chris Stills’ grandparents played a big role in his upbringing. “They passed on our typically French values to him. They were very cultured, very curious people”. And Véronique Sanson always knew that her son was going to become a musician. “I put him on the piano around 3 or 4 years old, like my father had with me. I saw immediately that he had a particular sense of music, he had an ear”she confides, very proud.
“Deep down, I always hoped he would be a musician, no matter how complicated that life is.” Lovely confidences from Véronique Sanson who can only be proud to see her son’s career.
