“Serge Gainsbourg taught me how to think and speak for myself. At 17 I stayed at his house for three months and he produced my second album in the last year of his life. I got to know him well just at the time when I was turning from girl to woman. When we worked together on songs, he taught me to be free. He gave me the assurance to stand tall and believe in myself. His music is always with me. When I was pregnant, Johnny would play his songs for me and I would hold the CD player next to my belly.”