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Portrait of Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri

(1934) Singer Greece

31 quotes in 177 categories

Nana Mouskouri is a singer from Greece, best known for Fille de la chauve souris.

Quick Facts About Nana Mouskouri

Born: October 13, 1934
Nationality: Greece
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Fille de la chauve souris
Spouse: Georgios Petsilas

About Nana Mouskouri

Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri is a Greek singer and politician. Over the span of her career, she has released an estimated 450 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Goldene Stimmgabel Officer of the Legion of Honour Commander of the Legion of Honour Knight of the National Order of Quebec Officer of the National Order of Quebec Commander of the Order of Beneficence European Cultural Award honorary doctorate from the McGill University

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Quotes by Nana Mouskouri

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

Attention

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I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was…

Amusing

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When I was singing, everybody liked me.

Singing

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

Answering

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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then…

Best way

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I have been so lucky to receive so much love from those who enjoy my music, that I feel I have to…

Children

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

Country

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I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized…

Better future

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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…

Energy

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

Born

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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…

Confused

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

Important

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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…

First time

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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…

Beautiful

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

Love

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Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.

Book

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When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I…

Complexes

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All children are my children.

Children

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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…

Emotion

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

Appreciate

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

Firsts

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

Done

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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…

Needs

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

Time

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When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.

Care

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