INTERVIEW
"Open, open the bird cage." While the French have been confined for almost eight weeks, the chorus of Pierre Perret is these days touring social networks. The 85-year-old singer is also impatient, via his Twitter account, of the "foul-smelling tunnel" through which we pass. While the government was considering extending confinement for the elderly, it had even threatened to "dance naked at the Champs-Elysées roundabout on July 14", if this decision was confirmed ...
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"I am privileged, I have a garden"
"They may have had the chocottes," he laughs Tuesday at Anne Roumanoff's microphone. While waiting to be able to leave his home, Pierre Perret is busy, and finally "has not seen the time pass". "I am privileged, I have a garden. But for those who are confined to a small apartment, with two or three pieces of bacon, it is much more complicated ...", he believes.
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To keep the kids busy, he suggests having them listen to some of his songs. "They will learn while listening to my songs, I have raised so many subjects ... This is the school of life", he smiles, rejoicing that a "skewer of them" is taught to schoolchildren .
"I advocate caution, but we will have to let go of the bridle"
For him, it is time for the government "to make a real decision about containment". "I advocate the greatest caution, but at some point, we will have to let go of the bridle!" Exclaims Pierre Perret. In the meantime, the composer is refining his next book, which will be published in the coming weeks. And embarked on writing the following: "It may come out in two or three confinements ..."