CharlElie Couture
Artist
Songwriter/singer in Paris, artist in New York City.
Lives in New York City year-round with his wife and daughter.
Only travels to Paris when he has business there (concerts, interviews, etc.).
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CharlElie Couture’s
CharlElie Couture’s creative New York City
For you, moving to New York City, meant … starting from scratch. I wanted to start my life over. I left to play in the big pond, for love of art and for the freedom to create.
What is your best recollection of New York City? When I found myself leaning against my balcony in the heart of Manhattan with a glass of pastis in hand and telling myself for the first time: “Well, now you’re here for awhile.”
What excites you about New York City? The positive spirit and self-confidence. Let’s say self-determination.
What annoys you about New York City? Nothing. What I don’t like I just tune out.
What is the best time of day for you in New York City and why?
Mornings, when the sun rises and I see its reflection in the glass building facing my window.
Nights are also beautiful in Manhattan, that shifting night that caresses the soul.
Do you have a ritual that is intimately related to the city? That’s all I have. My days are made up of rituals. It’s indispensable for working and bringing your projects to life. You need to now how to manage the “time in-between”. That’s the secret, knowing how to manage time.
What is the difference between the Parisian and the New Yorker in you?
What matters in New York City is doing. In Paris, you are often just satisfied with the idea of things. Since I became a New Yorker, I listen and I do.
I have also learned to say yes. If you say no, you may lose your chance. As a result, I let myself be carried by surprises and I live day to day.
What is your New York City support system? An inner circle of about thirty people: Americans, French, Swiss, and Canadians. Among them, I have two or three angels: normal people without wings (smiles) but whose advice I listen to.
Who are the paryorkers that you know?
Pierre Battu and Gilles Amsalem, which hold French Tuesdays two times a month where the French living in New York and Francophile New Yorkers mix.
I also mix with bankers, researchers, engineers, and the CEOs of French companies that do business in the United States, such as Cartier and L’Oréal.
© Portrait ok CharlElie Couture by A. Delamour et pictures by CharlElie.
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