Claudia Mori

"(About the song Ma il cielo è sempre più blu) I had had this subject in mind for some time. I knew Rino Gaetano well because, as a young girl, I was friends with his sister Anna, and we used to hang out together in Rome. I liked his music and I liked him, a deeply intelligent young man. His is the story of a modern-day hero, as relevant today as his songs are. Stories about young people are rarely told on television: this one aims to be just that."

"It's easy to crucify people. We all know that drugs are bad. Even those who use them know it. But since so many people take drugs, we have to ask ourselves whether it is society that is creating the problem. Apart from what he said about cocaine, which I don't agree with even if it refers to the past, I appreciated Morgan's comments about hypocritical and evil society. I don't take drugs and I agree with him. And you can't condemn someone who said something in a moment of weakness. I don't think there are more drug addicts in this world than in others. However, the world of artists is easier to target. Artists have no power. In fact, they have the power to hurt themselves."

"(About Rino Gaetano) His biography is emblematic, beautiful, interesting to tell. Everything about him deserves attention. Even the car accident that caused his death."

"Sanremo is never completely independent. Otherwise, certain appearances and certain exclusions cannot be justified. And it does not represent Italian music."

"I would abolish all those fake, phoney do-gooder programmes that are mainly broadcast in the afternoon. I would work to bring back children's television. Then I would eliminate those programmes where you can win lots of money just by opening a package or making a phone call."

"I love Adriano very much. I love and respect him. And he still makes me laugh. No one can speak ill of Adriano. He is deeply good, honest and consistent."

"I hardly knew my mother. And I will always miss her, even though I can find her again in the eyes of a woman."

"My mother was very authoritarian. A woman of rare beauty. I am a sick aesthete, I fight with Oscar Wilde and this mother who is so beautiful and so distant. My mother is my lost bride."

"My father and mother remain a mystery to me. I left home at 18, not because I hated them, but because they were too young to have three children, and artists are too self-absorbed."