Nana Mouskouri Quotes

• 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.

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• With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.

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• 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.

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• When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

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• When I was singing, everybody liked me.

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• UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• The idea of the European community is never face a war again.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.

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• 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.

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• It’s nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

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• 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.

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• I was born a singer. I need to do that.

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• I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.

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• I think sometimes you are born with a song.

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• 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.

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• I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

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Nana Mouskouri (27)

Birth:	13th October, 1934
Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Actress, Artist, Singer

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