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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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