Discovered in 1988 thanks to the song Anything, Florent Pagny is still one of the essential artists of French song today. But the career of the singer, who returns as coach in the next season of The Voice on TF1, has not been a smooth ride. Like many artists before him, he experienced periods in which success was much less there. And it is notably thanks to Jean-Jacques Goldman that he managed to get back to the top.
Florent Pagny's clear opinion on Jean-Jacques Goldman
Interviewed in the latest issue of Paris Match alongside Marc Lavoine, Florent Pagny looks back on the role played by Jean-Jacques Goldman in his career. “When this (periods when things were not working as well, editor's note) happened to me, I went looking for Jean-Jacques Goldman. The same one who two years before had told me no. I went back to look for my chance. Not only did he gave me a song, but in addition he accompanied me with his teams and I learned a lot with them.“, explains the one who was entitled to the tube If you want to try me by Goldman. Florent Pagny, who also sang two other compositions by Jean-Jacques Goldman – Are you following me? et Loin -, does not hide that for him, the famous musician and singer is “the perfect example of the guy who wasn't cut out to be a superstar.”. “At first he just wanted to play guitar.” he adds before giving his clear opinion on his former sidekick. “His problem is that he should have more ego sometimes!”
Marc Lavoine's opinion on Jean-Jacques Goldman
Florent Pagny is not the only one to have benefited from the talent of Jean-Jacques Goldman. Marc Lavoine, interviewed alongside him in the weekly, also salutes the man who has withdrawn from the spotlight since the beginning of the 2000s.I also made songs with him and he helped me by putting me in the hands of his brother. I must have been really bad.”he says, laughing before saying more about their collaboration. “One evening, I was at his house, he said to me: “Do you think you are really made for this job? Maybe it will never work for you again. » I thought he was making fun of me but no, he was serious. He went so far to push me to question myself“, says Marc Lavoine. And this question upset the one who is currently living a beautiful love story with Adriana Karembeu. “I subsequently proved to him that it was more than a job for me, that I had not chosen to do it.”
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