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Nana Mouskouri
Greek
Musician
About the author
When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Nothing
#Ugly
#Sister
The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Day
The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#War
#Idea
#Community
The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Day
#Oil
#Cooking
There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Time
#First
#Singing
#Son
#Theatre
#Moments
UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Life
When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Songs
#Life
#First
#Questions
One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Life
#Forget
#Will
#Houses
#Memories
#Opera
When I was singing, everybody liked me.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Singing
My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Reason
#Living
#Singing
#Energy
When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Want
#Time
Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#World
#Wrong
#Politicians
With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Songs
#Love
When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Love
#Work
#World
#Care
#Giving
I think sometimes you are born with a song.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Song
Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Time
#Habit
#Open
#Attention
For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Exercise
#Voice
#Medical
#Loss
How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Happiness
#Sadness
I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Security
#Thinking
#Singing
Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Months
#Silence
I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Thinking
I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Thought
#Country
#Language
I was born a singer. I need to do that.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Emotions
It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Songs
#Food
#Friends
#First
#Soul
I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.
Nana Mouskouri,
Greek
Musician
#Friends
#HusbPeople