"Céline Dion likes to say she has her head in the stars, is the happiest person in the world, and is now more grounded than ever. However after a short interview with Dion this past week in Paris, I found a woman with many layers and inner battles.

 

When I asked her what is the most common misconception people have about her, she thinked about it for a minute "People think I wouldn't be able to quit singing but I'm definitely sure I don't need to sing. I wanted to sing like my brothers and sisters, I never thought about having a career. It my mom who wanted that for me, she's the one who gave me my first song, I never asked for it. I love what I do and have no regrets but if I had to do my life over, I would probably not choose the same road."

 

Linda Perry wrote one of Dion's songs on her new album "Taking Chances" called "My love", that completely overwhelms Celine. She's still not able to sing it without crying. "I can't sing the bridge." (I would share my whole life with you./Would you do the same for me?/I would give all I am to you./Would you do the same for me?/And I will stand tall to get by/No matter how hard I try to hide/ Could you see I could break/ Did you notice all my mistakes/There were times I could feel you read my mind.)

 

Linda wrote this song after she met with Dion in Vegas. "I thought she was really cool, but she also scared me a bit because she has character. You can't tell her bull$h!t. She was able to read me and she took me like a mother cat who takes her kitten by the neck." tells Celine.

 

According to Linda, "Celine is someone who doesn't know how to say NO. She doesn't have the time to do what she really wants, and really doesn't have very much control of her own life.". "To be honest, I think you are not truly happy" she said to a Celine in tears. "However you must take the responsibility for the choices you made".

 

Celine is currently making her rounds in Europe promoting the new alblum and we are seated in the car that is parked in the studio of La Plaine St Denis (France). Celine is wiping the few tears that are running down her face and asks for a rest before they open the door to her car.

 

She never questioned what husband/manager René Angelil decided for her "Anyway, I was too young, I didn't have any background. Today, I don't feel doubtful, but I do question, I can't do everything anymore, it makes me more anxious, I need more time to be ready. I don't have regrets, but I have a choice to make: if I go on like this, I'll miss a lot of moments with my son and my husband. I've been rehearsing for 25 years, to perform a good show, give an interview, record a french album, then an english album, and when I stop it I'm exhausted. Whith time, all my little diseases increased. My body talks to me, it's saying "Celine you need a break", but I have be what people expect from me, and sometimes people expect a lot."

 

I ask her if she is able to let loose and relax on her down time at home and she replies, "Relaxing? I don't know what it means. When I'm home I need my husband, what I dread is my manager. All the time he reminds me of my work."

 

I ask Angelil and he explians that he indeed knows it very well, and that it's hard to balance home time from work time, and says he fully intends to be more of a husband than an impresario after the world tour."

:o wowie that was an interesting read.

was a nice article to read, thanks

i don't think she's used to people talking to her like that.