Throughout 1976, approximately every two months on average, I used to go and visit Mrs. Sanson in the afternoon during an hour or two, to keep her abreast of the progress of my work. It was there that I learnt that the release of her daughter’s next album was scheduled for sometime in 1977. To help me, Mrs Sanson gave me access to a set of photographs provided by her daughter’s record company.  At the end of one of our appointments she handed me a selection of them in a used blue envelope that had been addressed to her husband. I lost most of this documentation, but I still have the envelope and a few of the prints in my possession. Whenever I arrived, Mrs Sanson would generally lead me into her kitchen and make me sit in front of her, offering me tea or coffee. We would then speak of her daughter. She would recount a lot of anecdotes to me, as I was a very supportive and unconditional audience indeed. I could perceive that my passion for her daughter amused her, but at the same time moved her in a certain way, because she adored her daughter, an absolute and limitless love, tinted with pride and admiration.
Of course I did ask questions as well and I remember that when she spoke of her daughter and her son-in-law’s life in the United States, she referred to Stephen Stills as "the American" and then her facial expression would change, as she would scowl. She made no secret of what she and her husband thought of Stills, and she was not reluctant to recall the circumstances of her daughter's abrupt departure, the distress of her family and that of Michel Berger and his own family.
On one occasion, I was very amused when Mrs Sanson entrusted me with the confidence that if there was one song in her daughter’s repertoire that she always disliked, it was Besoin De Personne (I did not need anyone), because what her daughter claimed there was intolerable to her. “How could Véronique dare sing such things, with regard to her parents”, she asked, frowning -and pondering "Can you imagine when her father and I heard that for the first time, the effect that it had on us?! And we did tell her so, let me tell you!...