The life of Céline Dion

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She once stayed silent for three weeks to save her voice.   From Canadian teen pop star to global vocal powerhouse, this is the life of Céline Dion.

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00:00I started singing when I was 5 years old.

00:02I had a great vision for show business.

00:04I wanted to sing in French, I wanted to sing in English,

00:07maybe even in other languages.

00:09I wanted to have an international career

00:11to sing for as many people as possible.

00:31My husband always told me that I didn't want to have a hit,

00:34I wanted to have a career.

00:36And I think if you're part of one classic in your life,

00:39if you're fortunate enough to have one classic in your life,

00:43you can be remembered for the rest of your journey

00:46if you want to stop singing tomorrow.

00:48I am the baby of the family, and everyone sings in my family.

01:01My parents would go on tour with my brothers and sisters,

01:05and that's the only thing I know, really, to sing all my life.

01:09That's just it.

01:10I remember they would put me on the kitchen table

01:13and I would do shows for my brothers and sisters.

01:18What is your favorite song?

01:34I asked her to sing, and she said yes.

01:37But she said,

01:38I'm used to singing with a microphone and all that,

01:42but I said,

01:43imagine you're in a very popular theater in Montreal,

01:46and I extended my pen like this, and I said,

01:49Hey, pretend it's a microphone.

01:52She was all embarrassed, she hadn't spoken much,

01:55and all of a sudden, she got up and transformed.

01:59It touched me so much that in the end, I cried.

02:12I won't give you her age, I'll tell you later.

02:14I just want to tell you that she will go very far.

02:16Love and friendship is the title of her song.

02:18Remember the name of this young girl, Céline Dion.

02:44Céline Dion's song, Love and Friendship

03:04When two people love each other so much,

03:06like Renée and I love each other,

03:08it's almost impossible not to love each other.

03:10We love each other so much.

03:12We succeed together, we do what we love.

03:15We live something extraordinary.

03:17We live a fairy tale.

03:31I don't write my songs.

03:33Jean-Jacques, who has this talent,

03:35felt good about me, and he wrote me things,

03:38and I faced my emotions.

03:40These are beautiful gifts.

04:10Don't forget tomorrow.

04:29I'm pretty sure that it's the first reason for my zen side,

04:33as you say, or my great happiness.

04:35It's the fact that I'm a mother,

04:37and it will always be my top priority.

05:07I saw him suffer, and that is the worst.

05:11Today, for me, it's like I don't live with him physically,

05:17but I live with him inside of me.

05:38I don't wake up and I don't go to bed thinking,

05:41I've sold millions of albums.

05:43I try to stay away as much as possible.

05:46For me, it's not real, it's not tangible,

05:49it's not the real thing.

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