Nana Mouskouri Quotes

"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
(Related: Day)

"The idea of the European community is never face a war again."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: 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
(Related: Cooking, Day, Oil)

"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
(Related: Time, Son, First, Moments, Singing, Theatre)

"UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Life)

"When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Life, First, Questions, Songs)

"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
(Related: Life, Forget, Houses, Memories, Opera, Will)

"When I was singing, everybody liked me."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: 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
(Related: Energy, Living, Reason, Singing)

"When you want something very dearly, you make the time."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Time, Want)

"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
(Related: Politicians, World, Wrong)

"With my songs I tried to prove that there is love."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Love, Songs)

"When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Love, Work, Care, Giving, World)

"I think sometimes you are born with a song."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Song)

"Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Time, Habit, Attention, Open)

"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
(Related: Medical, Exercise, Loss, Voice)

"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

"I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Happiness, Sadness)

"I grew up thinking that singing was my security."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Security, Singing, Thinking)

"Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: 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
(Related: Thinking)

"I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Thought, Country, Language)

"I was born a singer. I need to do that."
- Nana Mouskouri

"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
(Related: Emotions)

"It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you."
- Nana Mouskouri

"My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me."
- Nana Mouskouri
(Related: Food, Soul, First, Friends, Songs)

"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
(Related: HusbPeople, Friends)