Jacques Brel

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Jacques Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in Belgium and France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French, he became a major influence on English-speaking songwriters and performers such as David Bowie, Alex Harvey, Leonard Cohen, Marc Almond

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5 total works indexed

1. Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries

   · 2021 · cited 77,736x

2. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries

   · 2018 · cited 53,538x

3. Global cancer statistics

   · 2011 · cited 23,165x

4. Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012

   · 2014 · cited 21,543x

5. Global cancer statistics, 2012

   · 2015 · cited 18,591x

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Quotes

• “Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife; Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end Though your lover was my friend.Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that spring is in the air With your lovers ev'rywhere, Just be careful; I'll be there.”
• “If we only have love Then tomorrow will dawn And the days of our years Will rise on that morn.”
• “If we only have love We can reach those in pain We can heal all our wounds We can use our own names.”
• “If we only have love We can melt all the guns And then give the new world To our daughters and sons.If we only have love Then Jerusalem stands And then death has no shadow There are no foreign lands.”
• “If we only have love We will never bow down We'll be tall as the pines Neither heroes nor clowns. If we only have love Then we'll only be men And we'll drink from the Grail To be born once again; Then with nothing at all But the little we are We'll have conquered all time All space, the sun, and the stars!”

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Official website

fondationbrel.be

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Jacques Brel (1962).jpg

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