Interview

TCR: That's how making art should be. How does it feel for the two of you to be touring the world together?

CM: Well, you know, Anne-Laure used to come with me on many of my tours in the States and Europe. I'm just so happy to see her every day, you know? It's great to see her expressing herself and to see her grow and be so confident.

ALK: It's what Chan did for me. You know when kids have to learn how to swim, sometimes they are scared, and you just push them in the swimming pool? That's exactly what she did, like, "Hey! You come on tour with me."

CM: I think she's always been singing. When we were younger, I remember several times-bottle of wine, middle of the street, 4 a.m.-there was this song she repeatedly sang, [singing] "Where is my love?" Like that drunken French cartoon skunk. Fuckin' broke my heart every time. I just wanted her to write that song, so I eventually wrote it for her.

TCR: "Where Is My Love?" It's a song from The Greatest [2006], with horses in it.

CM: Her saint is the horse, so that song is completely for Anne-Laure.

TCR: You guys will be touring together for a long time, right?

ALK: Forever.

CM: 'Till we're, like, in leg braces and bifocals . . . so a couple of weeks, basically.