A Blog About Divorce

I thought I should talk about this.

So many of my friends are going through similar stories that I thought a blog about divorce &....would be just right. I would like to start by saying something I'm sure a lot of you won't understand so don't scream when you read this. We receive what we ask for but very often it is not what we need, so when things end we don't understand why. We blame it on whatever we find to take the anger, the sadness, and the loss away. You think that you have done nothing wrong, that it's so unfair ...you think, why me ...but if from the beginning you chose the wrong person for the wrong reasons then it can only end the wrong way. I sometimes wonder what happened to values and morality in our society? Was it always like this or have things gotten so bad because today everything is normal, everything is ok?  What I see around me, what I hear on the news and in the newspapers makes me realize that something is seriously wrong... it makes me think .... I would like to live in a world where values have a meaning. Where lying, stealing, and cheating is not okay. A world where people would stop being greedy, selfish and cruel . Where we would respect one an other, respect nature & live in harmony isn't that possible? I believe it is...I hope it is.

We are 7 billion people on this planet, we should accept our differences and not fight over them & certainly not use God as a reason to kill & destroy . Any and I mean ANY religion & belief that brings us to react with anger & hatred is a terrible thing, look at our world today ....

I am certainly not the only one to think that way ...so why not fight for a better world & bring back some sense, some kindness and morality to our lives. Why not start with our family, our children, our friends, our neighborhood, our village or city & on & on & on. If negativity can have so much power over us why not change it into something positive? After all it's the same energy.  What we make of it is what makes the difference .
Our choices and our actions make our tomorrow. We are all responsible and I believe that we can make a change. Spread the word... if each one of u could reach just 1 person imagine how beautiful our world could be.
With love & on & on & on

Any cruelty against animals is a crime so please help the Humane Society of the United States in their fight & please help the fight against puppy mills www.puppymills.com

Danke & merci & grazie

Mtg

The Homeless
Tomorrow  is the 31st please help them in anyway you can.
Help in shelters or help on the streets so that they find comfort, warmth,  a roof, something to eat.

Why not volunteer for a few hours? I'm sure a lot of shelters/organizations, need our help and if u have some warm clothes that u don't need anymore please think about donating them.

Guys we really have to start to live with values and morals again so may things need to change.

So many things are not right we need to push aside our selfishness, our ego, our vanity. We have to start believing again. We have to stop thinking that money is the only goal; that cheating, lying, and stealing is something normal and stop living only for ourselves. We have lost the balance because we have no more limits ... this is wrong. Really it is. You have to listen to your soul. You have to listen to your heart.

Thank you for reading me. I wish you a happy new year & une bonne année & buon ano & froehliche festagen

With love & liebe & con amor
& on & on & on

Mtg

Just 4 days before 2012, I wish you all a happy new year health & happiness &... &... &... &...
My blog will be short, there are just 2 things I'd like to ask for the new year;
Please help the homeless. I believe that although so much is wrong in our world kindness and compassion still exist. Don't turn your heads or look away. We all are one.

The second issue close to my heart is animal cruelty.  You guys can help make a change. Animals are part of our world. They are living creatures; breathe the same air we do and are part of our lives in a way or in another. They deserve if not love at least respect because if they disappear then we will disappear. Life is all about balance, you guys really can make a change because today will make tomorrow

Danke & gracias & merci & thx
Mit liebe & on & on & on
Mtg

It's this time of the year again. Christmas is close, the decorations are on everywhere. It's magical, isn't it? It's as if time stopped for a moment making us forget all of the madness of this world ...we become kids again. It's such a nice feeling isn't it? But Christmas can also be a difficult time for a lot of people that are alone, sick or desperate Christmas can be a  moment of pain and sadness. Maybe it brings back the memories of the loss of a loved one or of a life that once was. For those who feel like that now, I just want to say please do not lose hope. If you think that you can't take it anymore than fight don't give up. BELIEVE that whatever you have done in the past that you might regret today will allow you to have a chance today and tomorrow to make it better. Whatever your financial situation might be...losing your home, your job, your health, if you think there is no way out .....you are wrong because there is. Fight against that dark feeling that wants to steal your heart away. There is always a light somewhere even under all those layers of dirt, of lies and negativity that you think are impossible to remove. That little light that keeps us alive, that light is there. You just need to let it shine again. I'm not saying it's easy but what is... We have to accept the responsibility for our past. What is done, is done but we can change our present & certainly our future. Change the way you think. You are responsible for your success because the present & the future are there for you, so believe. Do not quit. Push yourselves to what you think are your limits, you will be surprised by how strong u can be.

It's getting cold and a lot of homeless people have no shelter and some won't go to shelters because they do not want to leave their animals behind. Maybe some will think this is a mad idea... but maybe if you know of a situation like that close to where you live... well maybe you could offer to take care of that animal for the night & bring him back to his owner in the morning or something like that? I guess it's not so hard to do and wouldn't you want someone to do the same for you? I wouldn t leave my dog behind.
With liebe und amore
& on & on & on

Ciao

Mtg

Hallo i just heard this band on a tv channel “Arte”  called Fun lovin criminals  I love their sound really cool band, I think they are from NYC. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. It is such a nice holiday. We don t celebrate it in Europe. It's a pity.
Lazy day today, I'm getting over this bloody cough & and headache & voice extinction.  I've been carrying for the last week. Lucky it happened only at the end of my holiday in Sri Lanka one day before we were going back home. I am such a pain when I'm sick and yes I know ...I am an absolute not not when I'm in that state.  u can compare me with a Grizzly or something similar...seriously.

I had never been to Sri Lanka before it's an interesting country colorful with lovely people but some things I saw made me realize how lucky we are and that what  we take for granted are things these people might never have. It was also hard to see so many street dogs in terrible conditions and little or no way to help them. Forget going to a local vet..there isn't any ..drove me mad ...so much to do.

Ok assez pour aujourd hui.. ce n est pas mon meilleur blog je suis un peu à court d idées.Je vous vous tiens au courant dés que mon nouveau clip video sera sur You tube ainsi que le remix de mon single “sad&wild” par le rappeur Kuf Notz.

Ciao & a presto & bis bald & see ya
Ein kuss & on & on & on

Help the fight against animal cruelty and puppy mills
Merci

With love
Mtg

It's full moon in Sri Lanka, a buddhist holiday, I can not sleep...hmm...

I'm thinking of a zillion things going through my head....my thoughts are upside down.

Lankaa, I saw her while we were visiting Polonaruwa Palace, Polonaruwa is the second city of kings. Lankaa (I thought it would be a good name for her) is a puppy, one of the so many street dogs in Sri Lanka. I saw her lying there with 4 other puppies all of the same age. She must have been 1 month old and from what I understood their mother got sick ..

I asked some guards that were there if they would agree to look after them, I gave them a bit of money and they promised they would buy some milk and feed them. Now I'm debating if I should drive back tomorrow and get her. I hope to get some info tomorrow morning and find out if there is a shelter in Colombo where I could bring her, if they will accept to keep her, until she is old enough to get her shots, her papers ect.. to be able to travel back to Europe. It s heart braking ...some other puppies of the same age I think ,were eating mud... they were hungry or had stomach problems I do not know but they seemed to be in a terrible shape...just  so many of them everywhere I looked.

Just a few necessary words about the catastrophe happening in Bangkok.From what I've heard the floods are getting worse and so many animals, dogs & cats are dying caught in the flooding. Please take a look at the Soi dog website, an emergency fund has been established: www.soidog.org/en/flood-relief - Donations are urgently needed please help in any way u can. People are working 24/7 to save these animals. Don't think “I'll do it tomorrow, please do it today because tomorrow is already forgotten. If you want a dog then please adopt one I m sure a lot of the dogs/cats rescued from the floods won't have a home any more.

Je vous remercie & thank you & danke.

With love & on & on & on

Mtg

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever trust someone do you feel the same?

Please help the fight against puppy mills these horrible disgusting places should be forbidden. “Per favore und bitte” if you are thinking of buying a dog/cat then think of adopting one there are  so many of them waiting for a home. And if you still want to buy a dog then be sure the puppies do not come from puppy mills ask to say the parents and infos on the breeder .with your help and by acting and being responsible you can make a huge change .

www.puppymills.com

On & on & on

Mit liebe & amore

MTG

Ok I'm impatient..I'm trying to work on it..seriously... I'm progressing hmm...but sometimes it's so hard! We live in a world where everything has to go fast no time to wait, now and not later...so yes it s not easy to give time to time but I'm learning...

Ok now seriously, in the world we live in everyone should have a home a roof a shelter so why is it not the case? Drives me mad and angry to see that so many just don't care or think; Oh well what can we do it's part of our society. Politicians can't change things we all know that...talking but not acting won't change anything. I am maybe an idealist but I believe that if each one of us could understand that if we change our consciousness start to believe in something more well we could do so much.
What do you think?

With love & on & on & on
Mtg

Since I was a kid I loved animals so I guess that it is normal that today I feel so close to them. I'm not good with people. I often do not understand their reactions, their auto destructive behaviors ...the list is long ...but I have also learned that things can change and that people can change it s just a question of consciousness. Back to ...
I have a few pooches on my website under “causes” that are waiting to be adopted that are waiting for a home. They all had a terrible start in life some things they have gone through...tortured beaten burned raped... are just horrible. Horrible  is not half strong enough ... so please if you are thinking of getting a dog well think of adopting one.

These dogs are all from a non profit organization called Soi dogs have a look at their website www.soidogs.com Once you have chosen a pooch they will organize transportation it's just as easy as that! They don't mind the distance - it is really not a problem, I adopted a dog from Soi and she was flown to Switzerland as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

But having a dog is a responsibility .A dog is not a toy that you get for a present, a Birthday, Christmas or to make your children happy. It will be with you for many years and it will grow from the sweet small puppy to a bigger dog so think about it please.
Also do not buy a dog from a pet shop Please 100 % sure that where you get your dog from does not come from a puppy mill. Puppy mills are a disgrace the people behind them should be the ones in a cage .The suffering the dogs endure is beyond anything any of us could imagine so please spread the word to your friends your family your neighbors with your help things can change.
www.puppymills.com

If you do not like dogs that is okay, just don't make them suffer...they are living creatures.

Je vous re mercie & danke & thank you

Mit and und & on & on & on
Mtg

5am I can't sleep hi from Miami! Fred I have an excuse I can put this on jet lag! I'm recording a last minute song today that we will add to my album. I'll be recording at Gloria s Estefan studios in miami, can t wait.

Coincidence or not, the song I'm recording is a cover of a song called “Corazon” and it's in Spanish, a first one for me hmm ....no German accent there MTG! Robert, Mister Venable  who produced my album flew in yesterday we all had dinner and shared a birthday cake. Happy Birthday Mr. Venable welcome to the number 3 and do not forget sassy in Español!

What we achieve in our lives...it's all a question of certainty isn't it? It's not more difficult than that. It seems so difficult to many of us because easy just does not compute, because easy isn't normal...because it is so simple and “simple” in our society is a concept that we have forgotten about. Haven't we all had this little voice inside of us, telling us - this is not possible .. can't be done ..come on - it can't be that easy.  This society has taught us that life is mainly about struggling, only about struggling but what if we could tap into an energy? Call it God, call it the light, a force ...something so positive that could change our lives destroy doubt and negativity. We have to change our consciousness today and believe that we can create our own miracles every day, every second.  If we ask for it, if we fight against this darkness that is sometimes so overwhelming, this darkness that creates chaos, sadness, jealousy and ultimately wars and destruction. This must not be. I believe that we all of us can have everything if we stop limiting our hopes and wishes and tap into another reality. We have to start believing in the huge potential we all have inside of  us that potential that  we have sadly burried under tons of doubt ....you know a light will always shine it just depends how strong.We have to insert certainty every day every second every day and every hour change what we have created to something positive and good. It is possible

Just believe.

With liebe und amore & amour

a kiss and on & on & on

Mtg

Puppy mills

The Philly morning show

The founder of HSUS Wayne ... was on the Philly morning show to talk about puppy mills. Shelters are putting down thousands of small dogs all the time. People buy these dogs from stores that come from puppy mills. They think how sweeeeet ...Compare them to toys... then discard them when they become inconvenient....
I have a chihuahua, his name is Lester. Chihuahuas are among those small dogs. They have been made popular by celebrities they are “à la mode”....tons of them end up in these shelters and will ultimately be put down. I find this disgusting.

A true story one of so so many....

A couple in Lancaster PA were vacationing. They saw a sign “puppies for sale” I will not go into details, I will leave it to your imagination...A few cages in the back that were absolutely filthy and small, the couple saw a small Collie type mix that looked terrified. The man said they could have her because she couldn't breed anymore, so they took her. When they got her home she could barely move & at first they thought it was due to her upbringing etc....but then they realized that she could NOT walk they took her to a vet where they discovered that her pelvic bone had been shattered and healed by itself in an horrible way that left her unable to walk, let's not even talk about how much she must have suffered.... She would need extensive surgery that the couple couldn't afford. They had to put her to sleep.

The dog was 12 months old.

Please help us stop puppy mills these horrible places should not be allowed to exist anymore. If you don't like animals don't make them suffer they are living creatures.

If you do love them as I do please help us make a change. If you can't donate to HSUS or other organizations then give a little bit of your time. Talk about puppy mills. Make your friends and family aware of them. Contact the HSUS or an organization that you know & trust. If you want to get a dog, why not adopt?! These animals have as much love to give if not more.

Merci danke thank you y gracias

Con love & liebe & on & on & on

MTG

Just a short blog

I had written a blog last week just after my concert In Paris but it was 2 mad..nobody wirklich niemand... would have understood what I was talking about because these things do not happen...in general and finding the words..well impossible.  So I decided not to post it instead a few words about the  band I played with...My thanks go to jacky, christophe, fabrice, vincent and virginia you are the best I had a great time thank you! and virginia ..so was it a boy!
I hope we will jam together soon.

To michel and fred you read the blog..no I'm not mad, really...

Fight against puppy mills www.puppymills.com

With liebe & rock & roll & on & on & on

Ciao

Mtg

From Paris

They told me there was thunder
But I never heard that sound
They told me it was over
Empty lines on stolen paper
Along the lonely sea lines
Sea lines of my soul
You re talking like u know mw
You re talking like u feel me
Words in shape of silence
Thumble through my head

Lost
Lost without the stars of an angel on my arms
I have held u
In the hollow of my hands
In my sleepless nights
In the walls of my mind

Lost
Lost without the stars of an angel on my arms
I have held u
In the hollow of my hands
In my sleepless nights
In the walls of my mind

A page from a book unfinished
And my heart that can t be fed
They told me it was over
You never know what lies ahead
Along the lonely sea lines
Sea lines of my heart

Lost
Lost without the stars of an angel on my arms

Lyrics Mtg

Ein kuss & on & on & on & mehr

Great news, Baika the Amstaff a dog forbidden in Switzerland and that friends had saved from a certain death a few month ago.. 15min before being euthanized, is now definitely out of danger.  She is such a sweety and really deserves the new home she found. She was beaten up, people tried to use her for dog fighting she is covered with scars she always refused the fight, lived in a cage for years but I guess she had a guardian angel so now Baika today u have a new life . merci à claude jan et tam et a la societé vaudoise pour la protection des animaux.
Ein kuss

Mtg

Hallo,

I'm in Switzerland for a few days & tonight there is a storm, I love it. Nothing nicer when ur home with friends having a good meal. These last few month have been tough, wirklich, and it is the first time that coming back to the town I lived in (more or less) for the last 4 years hasn't hurt my heart or at least not as much anymore. I thought everything in my life was perfect. It was an illusion. I thought I controlled everything, it was an illusion. I thought that he loved me, hey that was an illusion 2...but as they say ..what doesn't kill u makes u stronger. I have learned that u cannot fill up your emptiness with someone & that there comes a moment where you have to face yourself face who u are and not run away anymore & God knows I have been running away from so many things...I have learned that I am responsible for what happens to me & that I cannot put the blame on someone else ...hmm it was NOT easy to come to that conclusion..and there are still times when...so when we close our eyes turn our heads not to see the truth, refuse to listen 2 that little voice inside ...because it makes us leave our comfort zone there can only be trouble ahead and trouble will come in one way or in another. Trouble hit me because I didn't listen because I so desperately wanted to believe... that I had found a home...  & despite all the signs that didn't stop crossing my way. I must have been totally blind! Call them warnings or whatever I still carried on until the wall hit me. Happy the men who is always scared (King David) So when you pray may it be God, the energy, the light... ask for what you need not for what you want because what u want is often not the best for you,
Believe & have certainty & never give up. And und et please fight against puppy mills www.puppymills.com Ein kuss und bis spater & on & on & on

Mtg

Just a few words from Israel, it's my last day here and it has been a wonderful experience but most of all i met great people:)  How can I be more because of me and not because of what I have, my environment, my friends ...it is a question I will think about today & not just today ..it is  quite bizarre actually because it makes me  realize and I m sure a lot of u must feel the same way, that I do not know who I am who I really am. What would I do in a different environment, what would I do if I had different friends a different upbringing, who would I be? We so often think of taking, that we forget that sharing and giving is so important. It makes such a difference I have noticed. In times of turmoil thinking of others and their problems helping them just by caring & listening makes our problems very often irrelevant because we stop focusing on ourselves. We stop feeling sorry for ourselves, trust me I know what I m talking about:)

Have 2 go but I will as usual end my blog with a cause close to my heart animal cruelty, puppy mills in particuliar. If some of you do not know what they are please go to www.puppymills.com and u will understand why these horrendous places have to be once & for all forbidden. Wonderful organizations as the Humane Society of the United States & so many others fight against them. So don't just not care please have a look on the website above do it not tomorrow or in a week but now because now is important, thank u on behalf of all these cats & dogs that suffer and are being tortured. And please if u want a dog /cat.. why not adopt? So check this amazing organization out www.soidogs.com.

You guys can change things
Merci, danke, danku, gracias & on & on & on

Kuss
Mtg

I'm leaving tonight and as always had a great time in LA & a lot of fun shooting the video clip for my new single “sad & wild” I'm very curious of the result as it was partially shot under water. Thxs go to Michel & Fred & to James for ur brilliant mind & ideas. Danke to the crew, thxs Greg u looked quite cool as an underwater rabbit :) merci to  Christina for doing my makeup & making me look the way u did,  l oved these eyelashes!

Ok have to go ..I hate packing..please do not forget to spread the word against puppy mills these places should be forbidden & have a look on my website under "Causes” all the dogs there are waiting to find a  home. They all have had a terrible life but thxs to the soidog organization they now have a second chance, so please guys have a look or go to www.soidogs.com

With & et & mit a kiss & on & on & on
Mtg   

Hallo  from Boston, it is HOT must be close to 100 and I'm melting. I will be in LA in a few days with a busy schedule.. removing 2 of my tattoos, getting acting lessons & a fitness coach... and shooting the video for my new single..a girl has to do what she has to do.

Bon, sérieusement ces derniers mois ont étaient assez difficile, my wonderful life blown apart my certainty and all the rest via, arrivederci...hmm.. lets stop there I'm not good at this:)

I will finish with a subject close to my heart Puppy mills please go to www.puppymills.com images are so so much stronger then words. Whatever we go through in life, what makes the difference is to believe in something. It will stop you from doing stupid things, it will stop you from having negative thoughts, it will stop you from feeling sorry for yourself it will show you strength you didn't know was there & it will fill your heart with something worth fighting for. You will become a humble servant and help others in need and forget about yourself and that I promise it  makes a whole difference .

Bis bald in LA
Mit amore & un bacio & love & on & on & on

Mtg

Hello from the jazz festival in Montreux Switzerland. We are playing tomorrow night just got back from rehearsals and getting ready for a fondue tonight with the band.
juste un mot sur la société vaudoise de protection des animaux à Lausanne. Merci pour votre acceuil et pour tout ce que vous faites pour ces animaux. Je suis venue rendre visite à Baika, une Amstaff de 4 ans qui n a le tort que de faire partie des chiens considerés dangereux et donc indesirable. Elle n a jamais rien fait de mal et se retrouve enfermé en attendant un jugement qui décidera de sa vie ou de sa mort.j espère vraiment que nous pourrons la sauver ,elle ne mérite pas ça .

We just finished our fondue and a lot of kirsch...I will not say who drank the most ...hmmm..katarina ? no no ,starts with an R and ends with a T

Gute nach , bonne nuit und ciao.

With love & on & on

Mtg

A few days ago a friend invited me to go walking in the Swiss  Alps. I arrived mid afternoon in this beautiful place called “Lauenen”in the middle of the mountains near a lake .The chalet has a few rooms that u can rent so after unpacking my things we had dinner and went to sleep early ready for the next morning ... my god how can such a small chihuahua as Lester, my sweet chihuahua, snore so LOUD! 9 am off we went, a beautiful day ready for a few hours walk..up hill. The Dalai Lama supposedly said that this place is one of the energy spots in the world. I can only try to tell u how beautiful the scenery was, waterfalls, glaciers & cows ..well this is Switzerland after all.

So we climbed & climbed & climbed up & up & up with Lester, I was thinking ..only 2 more hours or more  ...oh no ...when we will reach the top we will have to walk back down ..no ,no, no!so as we were suffering ..my friend sees a helicopter flying over our heads and says ;that s our  way back down. Well you cannot just take a helicopter like that I mean these guy s were working and would certainly refuse passengers on board. We finally arrived at the refuge, a place were people who climb spend the night have a meal and then leave again.The helicopter had landed next to that place we were having our meal “rösti” a Swiss specialty, and the pilot and 2 other guy s were measuring something(I think).My friends goes  to them and asks if they can drop us in the village when they fly back down.

To make a long story short we ended up in the helicopter ,so cool the best view  and no walking 2 hours down hill,great guys, thank you Franz(the pilot).

Have a great day &please help the fight against puppy mills check this out
www.puppymills.com These farms that treat dogs like shit (désolée) are a scandal really and should be forbidden. I haven t found the words strong enough.. nothing can describe what I feel ,I m still searching .. I will let you know when I find those words.
In the meantime your help is needed talk about it with your friends , family ,your neighbours. If you know of pet shops that sell dogs report them to the Humane society of the united states chances are that the dogs they sell come from a puppy farm.I am not condemning pet stores I am condemning those that sell dogs .So please guy s do not buy ur pooch from a pet store and if u do please take a bit of time before buying the dog  check them out to be 100%certain that their animals do not come from a puppy farm. If you change, then the demand will diminish and puppy mills will I hope, one day stop to exist!

Mit liebe und amore & on & on & on
Ciao
Mtg

Being Homeless...
 
I remember walking in the streets of London years ago, I remember one particular old lady.  It was night it was winter & cold. She was sitting on some sort of steps rolled up in a dirty old cover, a caddy filled with stuff by her side.

People were not stopping, not looking as if this was a natural part of the scenery. I saw this so many times over the years in so many parts of the world and always so much indifference.

We sadly seem to get used to horrible things ..but we should not, we should not  think Oh well and turn our heads, look the other way ...So I gave her 20 pounds and offered to pay for a room in a hotel for the night.  She refused so I left I did not insist. The other day on the french news I heard that a lot of homeless people refuse to go to shelters in winter because there pets cannot come with them...So I ask what about kindness guys, what about helping these people in so much need by allowing them to keep their dogs? Do not tell me that this is not possible. If u would be in their shoes, if u had lost everything and found yourselves on the street and had nothing left but ur dog,  if u had nothing left to hold on 2, what would u do? Would u leave ur companion behind? I do not believe so, so why should they?
 
Mtg

Je déjeune mais je n ai pas vraiment faim...avant de voir mon coach pour 1 heure de souffrance dont je n ai pas vraiment besoin..mais bon ...I need to look fit and and and and for the shooting of my new video clip in july...hmmm.
 
Il y a tellement de choses que j aimerais dire, mais je ne trouve pas les mots ou les mots ne trouvent pas ma peine.j aimerais crier mais je reste silencieuse c est trés bizarre ,mais peut être que non..na , genug jetzt ich rede tja ..was genau..
Ok time to go and suffer to be beautiful ...no no no !

I will finish this Blog with a thought for u:) I know u are so sad but be strong, u are wonderful, u will get over this, Your friend.
 
Please help us fight puppy mills these places are a disgrace and should not exist.for those of u who do not know what puppy mills are please go to www.puppymills.com
Or on the Humane Society of the United States website
 
With your help we can change things, we can make the impossible possible because faith can be stretched to the infinite. Guys just 5 minutes of ur time for a cause u believe in can help make this mad world a better one .
 
Ciao, Merci, danke, grazie & on & on & on
 
Mtg

I would like to share a passage of a book I m reading .
The Traveler's Gift /Andy Andrews
 
From this moment forward I will accept responsibility for my past .I understand that the beginning of wisdom is to accept the responsibility for my own problems and that by accepting responsibility for my past,I free myself to move into a brighter future of my own choosing...

I am where I am today mentally physically spiritually emotionally and financially because of decisions I have made...today I will begin the process of changing by changing the way I think .

Beginning today ,I will create a new future by creating a new me.
No longer will I dwell in a pit of despair ,moaning over squandered time and lost opportunity.I can do nothing about the past .My future is immediate will grasp it in both hands and carry it with running feet.

When I am faced with the choice of doing nothing or doing something I will always choose to act....

A person who moves neither left or right is destined for mediocrity .Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly.Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly..

I will persist without exception ....I will claim  faith in the certainty of my future.Too much of my life has been spent doubting my beliefs and believing my doubts...no more, I have faith in my future I can only persist ,I will persist without exception.

I know some of you will think,, yeah heard that before...this is rubbish, c est n importe quoi ...personally it s helping me with certain issues it might maybe  help someone else!
 
With love liebe amore & on & on
 
Fight against puppy mills
www.puppymills.com
 make a change thank you
 
Mtg

I just finished recording my new album at the “Dark Horse” studios in Franklin, Tennessee. What a great place & experience, thank you to my label, Michel & Fred for bringing me there, such a perfect place at this moment of my life, Merci to Robert Venable for producing the album and teaching me the word sassy.

OK now just a few words about puppy mills. I will never say it enough you guys can make a difference, Puppy mills should be forbidden once and for all and the people behind them should be punished. There is no excuse in torturing dogs and my words are not strong enough to translate what I feel. Images are so much stronger than words so please take a few minutes and go to www.puppymills.com.  I am not asking you to love animals if you don't, I am not asking u guys to be like me but if my blogs or my beliefs can't make some of u change your ways & make some of u understand that animals are living creatures,..that the dogs in these puppy mills must live hell to an extent that I can't describe going through unimaginable pain,  if through my music I can translate what I feel then that would make my day. Help the Humane society of the United States in their fight against puppy mills and if u want a dog then please adopt one and make a difference.
 
On & on & on
avec amour und liebe & love
 
Mtg

I have been in Miami a few days, leaving “demain” for Nashville to start recording my new album. It's an exciting time & and I feel blessed, but I must also admit that in the same time I'm going through a very difficult moment. I'm feeling hopeless,unable to help and reach out to a person that is going through a terrible devastating drama.

I wasn't sure that I wanted to write this blog, u know, I'm not 4 talking 2 personal when it's not about me but this touches me so closely that I just wanted to say a few words. Life is short and precious and although we are born alone and die alone, there are so many good things to take out of life, so many things to do, so many ways to improve, so many possibilities to change things that are not right, there is hope in all of our actions, in all of our thoughts, there is always a way to make it better and ultimately to become a better person whatever our past might have been and even if it seems “cliché” to learn from our mistakes, from our errors but most of all 2 learn to never live with regrets.

Some people in our lives might have hurt us beyond belief, some people may have lost themselves because the pain is 2 strong, done things they are not proud off & so much more ... but at the end of the day, there is always a tomorrow & that is what counts. I'm having a cappucino at the news café on ocean drive (in Miami) waiting for a friend he is late!! but the good thing is that I had time to write these few words. Have a nice day and please do not forget to help the fight against puppy mills. www.puppymills.com Do not buy your pooch from a pet shop and please be responsible, an animal is not a toy.

With love é amore und on & on & on
Mtg

I tied myself with wire
To let the horses run free
Playing with the fire until the fire played with me
The stone was semi precious
We were barely conscious
Two souls too smart to be in the realm of certainty
Even on our wedding day
We set ourselves on fire
Oh God , do not deny
It s not if I believe in love
But if love believes in me
Oh ,believe in me
At the moment of surrender
I folded my knees
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me
I ve been in a very black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body s now a begging bowl
That s begging to get back
Begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of the unconsciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control I could see in the reflection
A face staring back at me
At the moment of surrender
Of vision over visibility
I did not notice the passers-by
They did not notice me
I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down til the pain would stop...
 
Lyrics:Bono
 
Mtg

The pleasures of traveling...no comment! I couldn't make this blog LONG ENOUGH to share with you how I feel right now, not even in German the language I normally swear in.
So I leave it 2 ur imagination .....I'm sure that a lot of u know what I m talking about...and I haven't even left .

Guten morgen,

I'm on my way to Paris, it's a beautiful sunny day. In 2 weeks I'll be flying to Miami. I will spend a few days there before going to Nashville to record my new album, I'm really excited, I have never been to Nashville! Hey, I'm Swiss this is a whole new thing for me! Anyway I'm really looking forward to it, back in a studio to record, I love it! It's such a great moment, when u create something, that moment is brilliant.

Now let me be serious for just a second: Please help the Humane Society of the United States or any organization you know & trust and please don't forget to check out www.puppymills.com. Images are stronger than words certainly much stronger then anything I could ever say. Puppy mills are mass production farms where dogs are tortured everyday by people only interested in cash & profit nothing else. Maybe these people should be thrown in one of these  cages, in the same conditions they treat these dogs, for the rest of their lifes...would they understand...would they get it.. and stop their horrible business?

What do you think?

Thank you for taking the time to read my blogs, you guys are the ones that can change what is so wrong & if u love animals please help the fight against cruelty.
We all live on the same planet and we all depend on each other.
Danke merci und gracias
A kiss & on & on...
 
Mtg

The £6bn Animal smuggling industry

This is part of an article by Maryrose Fison I read in “The independent ” an English newspaper. ..
Many people associate animal smuggling with small time crooks trying to bring a few lizards in a suit case to be sold by the under -the -counter pet trade.It is not .It is in fact a multifaceted business ,catering to huge demand among collectors for exotic species ,ornaments& clothing ,plus traditional chinese medicine s industrial-scale appetite for animal parts...Widely held superstitions surrounding certain animal parts drive the illegal industry within Asia...Bones, paws and penises of Tigers & leopards are used as aphrodisiacs in a northern state of Burma with a large sex industry.  Large vats of tiger bone wine, which sell for between 40 and 100 $ a bottle, were being promoted as a health tonic to chinese customers. Around the world, including in US chinese medicine stores, Bear bile is widely used to “treat”a multiple of symptoms from swollen eyes, skin lesions and fever. The Lear macaw a ocean blue parrot from Brazil, is thought to be one of the most lucrative species on the black market.  In 2008 it was reportedly trading at an estimated $90 000 per bird. Only 960 of them are believed to be left in the world. One kilo of rhino horn was going for $34 000 in 2009, Rhinoceros horns are prized for their purported medicinal properties..Tiger skin up to $20 000 .3500 tigers are left on the planet.Tibetan antelope hair known as Shahtoosh, are made into shawls that can cost up to 12000 $ a piece. There are between 75 000 and 100 000 Tibetan antelope left on the planet. Poachers slaughter them to sell fur on the illicit market. It takes about 4 animals to make a single Shahtoosh shawl. The article goes on.

Isn’ t the capability we have of destroying what surrounds us quite amazing...The effect on the countries from which wildlife is taken can be devastating, the economy, the tourism that so many countries depend on. Wildlife crime as an impact on the rural economies and on the wider scheme of things.  Un animal sauvage doit rester sauvage et non se retrouver dans une cage dans votre salon ou dans votre jardin. 

Please think about it.
Mtg

Dogs, hunde, cani & les chiens et le chat and the wild, wild west or something like that.

when I get back home it’s just so cool to have my dogs and Bill the cat greeting me. Whatever mood I’m in they are always there. It might seem strange 2 some of u but having always been surrounded by animals since I was a kid - at age 4 I even had baby lions, 2 monkeys and an elephant (I’m serious) - I couldn’t imagine my life without them. It would be so...sad, so empty.

I would love to get a farm, a ranch oder eine hacienda one day somewhere in a warm country where I could have all these rescued animals, a recording studio 2 have a bit of fun, friends that would come over, the sea, and a few palm trees on a sandy beach...pas mal non! Bon ce sera dans quelques années lorsque je passerai moins de temps dans les avions, en attendant que mon délire se realise et si vous aimez un peu les animaux, svp donnez ce que vous pouvez de votre temps pour aider des organisations comme Soidogs.org (ils sont génials)
The Humane Society of the United States, letsadopt.com ou tout autres organisations sérieuses! 

Votre aide peut changer tellement de choses.

Merci danke thx und Gracias,

Ein kuss & on & on

Mtg

Well...I was in the Eurostar yesterday, I arrived in London yesterday - to leave back 2day.  My gigs have been cancelled and John, my guitarist, had to fly back to LA this morning.  He was detained at the airport in London and denied entry in the UK yesterday afternoon.  Luckily...after being fingerprinted and a mug shot taken of him he was allowed to sleep in a hotel and not in detention! 

So bye bye London and my apologies to the people that were gonna come & see me perform & to the venues I won’t be playing at. 

à la prochaine fois j espère, bis bald. 

Mtg

I have a few minutes before boarding - it’s 5:30am.

I’m reading a book about Paul Watson from The Sea Shepherd called “My Fight for Whales & Seals.’  For those of you who have never heard of him, Paul Watson is a Canadian conservationist determined even at the cost of his life to protect wildlife - especially marine mammals- and to stop the hunting of Whales.  He was beaten, almost drowned, jailed, his boat confiscated, rammed into and so on.  He threw himself between baby harp seals and their killers, sprayed the pups with red harmless dye, making their white pelts commercially useless. I’m sure u have heard of him.  He is an amazing guy with an amazing life that fights for his convictions and has done so much for marine mammals. 

This is a great way to start my day, in a plane reading his book.  Believe in what u do, have no doubt, and things will change.  Act today - don’t wait until tomorrow...cause tomorrow’s already forgotten. 

With love & liebe ein kuss a kiss and on and on. 

Mtg

Hallo,

It’s been one of these weeks that I don’t really know where to start.
Oh well, here we go:

I’ve had a huge fight with someone I deeply care for bcoz of a stupid misunderstanding.  It has actually been dragging on for a few months. (you know that something is not right, a kind of tension when u see each other - u want to talk about the issue but u don’t - something really bugging u but u don’t say anything). It started with a remark that I made and it ended up in this huge, I mean huge, mess...8 months later.

When u don’t clarify a problem between 2 people - even if they are best friends - it can turn into a sad waste of time and energy - ridiculous situation.  We can all sometimes be so pathetic, selfish and twisted that it is...hmm...frightening.  All this to say that when u care for someone: a friend, a lover, a member of ur family, etc, you have to talk when something goes wrong when u have a fight and leave thinking, ’It will be forgotten in a few days...Anyway, I’m right; he’s (she’s) wrong...’ or whatever other thoughts go through ur head in moments like these.  Life is 2 short for losing time in futilities.  Friendship is something important so it’s worth putting ur ego on the side and listening to the other person. Sometimes it’s not easy.  I know.

Yesterday afternoon I went to see the father of my best girlfriend in the hospital. I’ll just say that it was a tough moment. He is such a nice man and seeing him like that...all my love and prayers go to him and his family for his recovery.  Moments like these make you realize that one should never take things for granted.

Croyez en ce que vous faites, battez vous pour vos convictions et ne laissez pas de place au doute, car rien n’est impossible tout est possible.

Take a few minutes to help a cause u believe in.  If u can’t help with money, help with your time.  And if u love animals, please check out The Humane Society of the United States and help them fight against puppy mills where dogs are bred in horrendous conditions, tortured and killed.

www.puppymills.com

The people who have these puppy mills should be put in cages and treated the way they treat these dogs.  So be responsible when u buy a dog - check out where he comes from, and what breeder.  Why not adopt one from a shelter?  The dogs there have so much love to give.

With love und liebe con amore and on and on...

Mtg

 Hallo, Ich habe immer geträumt ein haus auf dem land zu haben, mit Tieren, mit hunden, ein puma oder zwei, pferde und freunde die für s wochenende kommen und natürlich ein recording studio wo mann tag und nacht spielen kann und so weiter :)  Es ist für mich ein art frieden. 

I’m back in MC - had a great time in Canada, thank u again! On my first night back the dogs and cat all slept on my bed & i just had a tiny space for myself - oh well :) 

I have a few poochies that I’m sponsoring & that are for adoption at Soi dogs.  One of them is called Blondie; he is a sweetie with only 3 paws.  Please spread the word - he is looking for a kind soul to take him home. The people at Soi dog are very efficient - they organized for my dog Heidi to b shipped from Phuket to Switzerland without a problem. www.soidogs.org or contact me on facebook or via twitter. 

With love und liebe and on and on on. 

Mtg

No no no, I’m jet-lagged again. I’m up since 5 am - this is becoming a real pain in the...for the last hour I have been thinking about going back 2 sleep, well it didn’t work, not a chance, impossible, nada.

So - good morning from the great city of Toronto.
We played at the Hideout yesterday, Thursday. For those who were there & heard us perform I hope u enjoyed it.

I would like to talk again about puppy mills. I am more and more amazed of how many people have never heard of them, of how many people buy a dog without knowing where that animal comes from, bcoz it is something that doesn’t cross their minds, bcoz it is convenient to go to a pet shop (ok, not all of these pet shops get their dogs from these mass production farms called puppy mills but sadly A LOT of them do), because dogs there are less expensive and because too often people don’t know what horror lies behind these sweet little pooches.

These animals are tortured in a way u CANNOT imagine, ultimately killed when of no more use. They spend their whole lives in disgusting filthy cages stuffed in there with no protection against the heat or the cold, with almost no food, water or space to run around. They NEVER get out of these cages, their paws rotting bcoz of multiple infections, their teeth falling out, their eyes becoming blind with only skin left on their bones & then dumped in the garbage if not already dead or left to die. This is beyond disgusting, this is...I have no words.

So please, please, if u love animals the way I do help an organization u know & trust.  If u can’t help them by donating money help them with a bit of ur time to fight against this, to fight against puppy mills. Talk to ur friends about it, spread the word and tell people u know to go on www.puppymills.com or on www.humanesociety.org.

I was like u guys a few month ago - I didn t know, I had no idea these places could exist, I couldn’t imagine that some people could be that deranged...when I saw the videos on youtube, it was so so brutal it made me sick to see that some people could do that and it made me react.
Some of you will think, ’Oh well, they are just animals.’ My answer is: it is in no way a reason for cruelty.  If u don’t like dogs or animals just leave them alone.

I want u to react. The only way our present can change is if we decide that it’s time 4 change, this goes for anything in life. Don’t just sit there waiting 4 things to happen - make them happen. Don’t think ’I’ll do it tomorrow’, do it now, cause tomorrow is already forgotten.

Have a nice weekend
Je vous embrasse, bis bald

Love, Mtg

Hallo, guten morgen, Schon eine woche das ich hier bin!

The tour started in Delaware then Maryland - yesterday Philadelphia and today we will b on our way to Boston and on the road again: direction NYC demain mercredi 28. I think it’s going well. I can just imagine how great a world tour would b :) I hope 2 find that out in the future!  for the moment I’m in the US and I love it, coming from Europe everything seems so easy over here. I think, guy’s, ur less complicated then we are.

Hmmm I have no inspiration today.....so just a few more words that I would like 2 share. One of my songs is called Days of Power. When I wrote it, I was inspired by something I learned a few years ago (& I’m still learning) when things weren’t at their best. U have to believe in yourself, whatever happens to u, however hard it seems, impossible, desperate...Sometimes u see no tomorrow - only a dark, dark hole..that’s when U HAVE to believe and erase doubt, and know that u can create ur own miracle, that even if it seems impossible it is possible. I also learned that things don’t just happen by accident....good or bad, things happen bcoz u created them. Trust me, what goes around comes around....the consequences of our actions always come back to us. So when that happens...Try to take the positive out of the worst situation. there is always something good in any situation, it is always a wake up call. To quote the great Monty Python: Always look on the bright side of life....

Please, Check out the Humane Society of the United States in their fight against puppy mills And Soidogs.org. these people do an amazing job.

Con amore

Bacio

Mtg

The amazon indigenous people strive 2 protect their forest, they depend on it to survive...as we do.

I came upon this article a few days ago that explains for those who are not aware, why this is so important. Very simply, it is our oxygen; without it catastrophic climate changes would happen that I believe we cannot even imagine....affecting all of us in a terrible way. and don’t think that since it’s not next door we won’t be affected by it.

We have all more or less seen the changes occurring around us but sadly, very often we start acting, realizing our mistakes, only when we are directly concerned. I have not got the answer on what to do to change this world to what it could be, but I believe that if we just become conscious, responsible, if we change some of our bad habits into good ones, as I often say change the negative into positive, even a small thing, find a balance between enough and too much, and learn to respect, it could make a huge difference.

Wir mussen verantworlich sein und auf unsere erde sorgen, es ist nie zu spät.

I’m leaving for NY monday and will start my tour on the 23rd. I will keep u posted on how things go!

Have a great week
à bientôt, a presto, see you soon and bis bald und mit liebe.

Mtg

Today i wanted to share my thoughts with u about the declaration of Pastor John’s wanting 2 burn the Qu’ran. So here, just a few lines.

My belief: I believe that God is universal, has different names, different faces, u believe in him or not, but u should not use God to create hatred. Religion should never become a problem, don’t u think? Ok I’m certainly naïve....history over the centuries is an evidence of the contrary, but it really drives me mad to see so much ignorance or lack of judgment in certain individuals. Burning a holy book does NOT solve any problem, it creates one and offends millions & millions of people around the world.

I understand the delicate situation about ground Zero, the emotional issues it triggers, especially a few days b4 the sad anniversary of 9/11, but in no way should it permit any man, especially a man of God, to speak the way Pastor Johns has.

Isn’t the world sufficiently a mess?  please think about it.

Mtg

I’m back home in MC and it’s great, well...apart from all the bills..u know - all these letters that pile up when ur away and u really hate opening when ur back, hmmm not nice.

 I’m here a few days before leaving again, I feel like a gypsy, actually i think that I’m really becoming one..airports are home :-)  I always complain....a lot..but i think I like it, it makes coming back home even nicer, how strange.

I stayed one day in Switzerland before flying back to Nice (South of France) and then driving to MC, it’s a 30mn drive. When I landed in Zürich it was so so cold 12 degrees....around 53 fahrenheit...a change from Miami! Tonight i’m having dinner with my italian friends on their boat, they are really great people, it’s been a long time since we saw each other, i’m having a great time, watching soccer, England against Bulgaria and let me tell u, italian food.....and the tiramisu and and..c’est pas grave, c’est trop bon .

 As usual and bcoz it’s important :-) i’ll ask u to please check out the > Humane Society of the United States in their fight against puppy mills, soi dogs, let’s adopt or any association u know and trust and help them 2 make this place a better place. E cosi importante di pensare positivo, perche puo cambiare tante cose, puo cambiare la vita. Un bacio

 With love und liebe

Mtg

Here I am at LAX airport waiting for my plane in the lounge with Lester, already snoring. LA was great, as always, I love coming here and I’m very grateful to have been able to release my cd! I hope u will like it. Tomorrow evening I’ll be in Paris and Thursday back in MC. I will campaign against puppy mills with all my heart, please do the same and help The Humane Society of the United States. Time 2 go..long flight ahead.
Ein kuss,
Mtg

Mother earth is not happy! I was lucky to get back Monday as a lot of the air spaces in Europe have been closed due to the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. All these poor people stuck in airports, some 4 days, it must be chaos! A lot of natural disasters are happening lately, we will just have to learn to live with them....one thing man can’ t and will never control.

When I got home I was happy to see my dogs and Bill the cat & excited about the last few weeks & the video shoot in LA . Now I can’t wait to perform again, it’s such a great feeling 2 be on stage. I will keep you posted on that .

I’m seeing Ahmed Jamal in concert tonight he’s a monument of jazz. I’ll take it easy this weekend getting rid of my jet lag and will maybe spend some time in the mountains before going back to MC on Tuesday. Don’t forget be responsible, respect & love what u have. Have a great weekend!

Mtg