Cash secrets! On Wednesday November 6, 2024, Eddy Mitchell's autobiography was released in bookstores by Editions du Cherche-Midi. Although this pleased his fans, it was not his idea. Wednesday November 27, 2024, for Le Figaro, the artist confided: “It's because of Dutronc who wrote his book and who said to his editor: 'You should see Eddy, he has things to tell'. And then I was tired of reading false captions about myself. It's good to be able to put things straight”.
Assuring that writing this book was done easily, the former sidekick of Johnny Hallyday estimated that the hardest part was “to get started”. “Afterwards, the memories came back to me all the more easily because the book is chronological, which made the events resurface gradually”he analyzed.
Eddy Michell : “Tout change”
In his autobiography, the 82-year-old singer describes a society that has completely disappeared. “Belleville is no longer the same, which is perhaps not the worst. Everything is changing”he estimated before slipping: “I don't understand the other's fearI never understood it. I wasn't raised like that. Below us, there were Martinicans, Italians… Today, Italians are completely accepted. At the time, my older sister was dating an Italian man, which was a tragedy in the family.”.
Eddy Mitchell also took advantage of this interview to talk about son new album, Friendsthe first without its official composer, Pierre Papadiamandis, who died in 2022. Supported by various artists such as Alain Souchon, Pascal Obispo and Alain Chamfort, he assured that they had adapted to his working method.
Eddy Mitchell, soon to return to the cinema?
If the singer is very friendly with Jacques Dutronc, with whom he formed the Vieilles Canailles, he is not the type to be friends with other singers. “It has become rare to bring people together like that. on the same disk. So Amigos was essential.”he replied.
If he misses the stage a little, will Eddy Mitchell soon be back on the big screen? During this interview, he declared: “At the cinema, I always get offered the role of the grumpy old man. It’s okay, I already gave! So, I wait. I'm in no hurry”.
