Quotes from Demis Roussos

Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor. You are the mediator who can transfer the energy of beautiful music to the others.

Back in '75 I had five albums in the top 10. Simultaneously. And among them the number one album and the number one single. And my name was mentioned twice or three times in the Guinness Book of Records.

I started as a jazz musician, not a singer, then I became a rock 'n' roll artist with Aphrodite's Child.

I am basically a folk singer because I'm coming from a part of the earth where folklore means a lot. The Mediterranean is a very old part of the world, and the more a place is old, the more there is folklore.

I'm a romantic singer. That's my nook, my motif.

I want America to see me as a combination of the Rev. Sun Moon and a singing star. That's the image I want them to have.

I love women, I always liked women - no secret about that.

I am somebody who believes that every political direction is valid, as with every religion. The basis of Christianity is perfect, just like the basis of Islam. But then the leaders change the direction, and lose the quality.

You know, I am very versatile in music.

Abba and me, we were the 70s.

It is not every day that a pop superstar gets involved with terrorism as a victim, so the press takes advantage of that to say things they think are funny.

In 1975 I had the award for the top male artist, the award for top single, the award for top album.

My father had it, my mother had it; we wanted to entertain people.

It's true that a song or an entertainer isn't really a hit unless he's a hit in America as well as Europe.

In Europe they love me. I travel so much, I change my passport twice a year because there aren't enough pages for all the places I go. Foreign countries invite me to come without a visa.

Everybody loves me.