In the Averoff prison hospital I saw men who had had the bones in their feet broken by the severity of the… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
A man who goes to jail for his ideas is much freer than his keepers. — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
In my youth there must have been 15 synagogues in Salonika alone. — Mikis Theodorakis Alone Copy Share Image
All our problems happened because the Americans made all the decisions. — Mikis Theodorakis Americans Copy Share Image
I have been trying for years to perform in America. Now the first time I am here there is a strike. I… — Mikis Theodorakis America Copy Share Image
When I was still a child, there was the Metaxis, a Fascist Youth Movement in which all subteenagers and teenagers were obligatory… — Mikis Theodorakis Children Copy Share Image
This taste of freedom is still bitter because left in Athens are my wife and my two children and because so many… — Mikis Theodorakis Children Copy Share Image
When you think of it, you know, probably the biggest victim of our epoch is the American people because of all the… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
In Greece there is a very particular situation because on one hand the colonels took away everyone's political rights, but at the… — Mikis Theodorakis Greece Copy Share Image
Those who had talked to us about national pride and Christian brotherly love were the first to come to terms or actively… — Mikis Theodorakis Brotherly love Copy Share Image
I've been uprooted. I don't think a tree that's been uprooted as a happy tree and I'm not very happy. I can't… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
We cry. The Greeks cry because we have not an objective today. Yesterday we have objective to put off the dictatorship. Today… — Mikis Theodorakis Dictatorship Copy Share Image
I have again decided to leave my cultural obligations and music to enter the political arena this time to contribute with all… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
We saw that on the Turkish side there was a sincere wish for peace. But before I could even put my foot… — Mikis Theodorakis Peace Copy Share Image
I am a song of my times. I wasn't living in Vienna, like Mozart or Beethoven. In my circumstances, it was impossible… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
Whether art is music or cinema or whatever, it really is art only when it is in touch with the people -… — Mikis Theodorakis Art Copy Share Image
