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

I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized that children are society's victims ... We have a duty to speak to political leaders, to influence people to give these children a better future.

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.

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.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

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