that is absolutely correct. Nonetheless that Brel disliked his bourgeois background and his father, who wanted Brel to follow him up in the same profession as himself, he was truely fond of "mijn Vlaanderland";
Brel on the other hand was not permitted for a long time to perform in l'Olympe, the famous chanson-temple of French music in Paris as they considered his
French to be "ugly" and "not well articulated"
Hahahaha! Brel became so famous they had to give in !
Vive la musique de Brel!
Brel is best at it himself though interpreters of his music are abundant such as David Bowie (English) Tommy Körberg (Swedish), Susanna Haavisto (Finnish), and many others