Nana Mouskouri Quotes

1. “I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.”

2. “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.”

3. “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.”

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

5. “When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.”

6. “Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.”

7. “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.”

8. “When I was singing, everybody liked me.”

9. “I grew up thinking that singing was my security.”

10. “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.”

11. “It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.”

12. “I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.”

13. “When you want something very dearly, you make the time.”

14. “I was born a singer. I need to do that.”

15. “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.”

16. “With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.”

17. “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.”

18. “When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.”

19. “My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.”