For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

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.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

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

The idea of the European community is never face a war again.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

All children are my children.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.