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Mr. Paul, why have you now published your autobiography? You never know what's coming. And during the Corona period we were not allowed to perform for two years. It was like a professional ban. So I had time for something else.

Was it easy for you to write? It was a moult, a therapy. Themes crept out of my soul that I had long since suppressed. It is a difficult process to describe your life.

The title "My Journey to the Rainbow" sounds like a farewell. Is that it? My journey is not over yet. For at the foot of the rainbow there is treasure buried. I'm still looking for him. I'm actually still waiting for something.

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