A full interview[/B] was given by Nikos Portokaloglou on the occasion of his 40th anniversary in the music scene.
The well-known performer and presenter of the show "Musiko Kouti" was a guest on "Enopios Enopio" and spoke about his career, his family and his collaboration with Rena Morfi.
As he initially stated, he believes that he might never have been involved in music if it wasn't for Savvopoulos.
He also spoke about his legendary band, "Fatime". "After they broke up, I thought about quitting. I had friends who had gone to Paros and had opened shops and I even thought about it. That's when I wrote the song My ships are burning. This song was written for this internal struggle I had for my professional life," he said.
Nikos Portokaloglou also referred to the great loss, that of Lavrentis Machairitsas. "It's not easy to make friendships in the industry, when you're in the same arena and you and the other person are fighting for their own goal. I remember very well that I did the previous interview with Lavrentis Machairitsas. What happened with Lavrentis happened, because we actually met, after almost 40 years of parallel paths. In a phase of maturity, when we no longer had the urge to prove something to each other. So, a magical thing happened that year. I miss it a lot," he said.
As for his family and his daughter who came 11 years after his son, he said: "We had made a decision that we wouldn't have a second child and she came on her own."
"My family is my greatest treasure and my greatest success for me. My wife is relentlessly critical of me. I'm one of those rushers who got married at 25. Next year will mark 40 years of marriage. Getting married young is the best thing I ever did. Without any hesitation," said Nikos Portokaloglou.
Finally, he spoke about the show "Music Box" that he presents with Rena Morfi on ERT. At first, I treated it negatively, I thought what am I getting myself into?. I would have had Hadjinikolaou telling me that I had taken his job. It's an exciting adventure," he said."
Source: Proto Thema
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