In Athens,plain,fat and dead broke,people ask me how I manage to seduce the Rich and the Famous
--- What do you do ?
--- Nothing,men have good taste,they fall for the right woman, my talent is a magnet I have it in abundance--- What do you do ?
In April 1954 during the rehearsal of Tiefland at the Olympia Theatre,I fell for the most celebrated tenor of Greece,a married man,living with another woman with whom he had two kids.It was love at first sight.
--- Why did you sleep with him,you could have got so much more from the other.The other was Tenakis,twenty-four, good looking,rich, very rich, from the best family of Athens .His old man man who opposed our marriage died at the right time.I didn't kill him !
---- You turned Tenakis down ?
--- Yes,le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ignore
--- What ?
--- Le coeur dicte ,le c... decide.--- What ?
--- I don't speak Italian
--- It's Esperanto
I like Takis,love Vangelis. He was my Sebastiano,I was his Marta ,under the Greek skies, on stage at the foot of the Parthenon, it was love at first sight,we sang our hearts out.
--- It's Esperanto
I like Takis,love Vangelis. He was my Sebastiano,I was his Marta ,under the Greek skies, on stage at the foot of the Parthenon, it was love at first sight,we sang our hearts out.
"Love opens door to all that is possible",night after night I had the vision of the future,of greatness ,of my destiny,the revelation of what my Voice will be, I could develop my histrionic talents beyond anyone's imagination, I will colour my voice a thousand times,to express love,despair,hatred,all the gamut of the human heart. My rivals sing,or try to,I act with body,soul and voice, it had a thousand colours,a "Many-Splendored Thing a gift from Heaven,there and then I sensed my destiny.
Anger motivates me,I use it on stage,off stage to become a Star, my rivals were jealous, hated me,called me names.
---I am demented they say,so what,it's better than Maria... Who ?
---I am demented they say,so what,it's better than Maria... Who ?
With the success of Tiefland,my rivals,slandered,
--- Of course she does !
--- You seduced him to get the job !
--- Go back to your country !
I was born in America of Greek parents, the blood that runs through my veins is Greek,I am no stranger in this land,my land,and because I was dead broke,fatherless,defenceless they called me the Gypsy.
--- You seduced him to get the job !
--- Go back to your country !
I was born in America of Greek parents, the blood that runs through my veins is Greek,I am no stranger in this land,my land,and because I was dead broke,fatherless,defenceless they called me the Gypsy.
---Never,ever shall I forget.Their hatred.Never,ever.
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