Creativity Quote by Nana Mouskouri

A pop star admitting that image is secondary is never just a self-help bumper sticker; its power comes from where it lands: inside an industry built to sell faces before it sells songs. When Nana Mouskouri says, "It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you", she’s negotiating a truce between glamour and authenticity, and she does it with deliberately plain language. "Nice" is doing quiet work here: it demotes beauty from a mandate to a preference, something pleasant rather than compulsory. Then she draws a hard line with "most important", making identity the non-negotiable.

The subtext is a seasoned performer’s resistance to being turned into a product. Mouskouri’s career spans decades in which female musicians were routinely styled, packaged, and polished to fit whatever the moment demanded. Her signature look (those instantly recognizable glasses, the composed stage presence) underscores the point: image can be a tool, even a brand, but it shouldn’t require self-erasure. "Be you" isn’t naive; it’s strategic. It frames authenticity as durability, the one asset that doesn’t expire when trends or youth do.

There’s also a gentle challenge embedded in the reassurance. She doesn’t shame people for wanting to "look good"; she grants it, then reorders priorities. That’s why the line works culturally: it offers permission to participate in appearance culture without surrendering to it, a message that hits harder coming from someone who succeeded in the very machine she’s quietly critiquing.