Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri, born Iōánna Moúschourion October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer. She was known as "Nána" to her friends and family as a child...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth13 October 1934
CityChania, Greece
cook drank dry eat oil secret
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.
answering asking certain dylan life
When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.
country language respectful
I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
ugly-duckling ducklings wonderful
When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
pregnancy son singing
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.
umpires needs world
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.
done made unicef
UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
mouths attention habit
Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
confused tired thinking
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.
important way best-way
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.
husband lunch people
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.
singers needs born
I was born a singer. I need to do that.
giving world care
When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.
war ideas community
The idea of the European community is never face a war again.