"French lyrics are wordy, because of the grammatical structures. Our lyrics are very cryptic, and we love nonsense. That’s a luxury we don’t have in French, because every word belongs to the phrase, so everything has to make sense. You can only do those lyrics in English. Hank Williams singing ‘My heart is full of tears’ — that’s not possible in French. You would have to say ‘My heart is full of blood, and the blood is wet, and therefore the blood is like tears’ — and that’s not a song. That’s why there’s no French Hank Williams."
-Thomas Mars on singing in English (via adeuxion)(Source: quasarlest)
In the Studio
Reblogged to death, but it’s such a good photo






