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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.
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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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It’s really strange, but they speak to me — the notes and the chords. So when I hear other people’s music, I can feel the composer. Whoever created that, I can see in their soul.
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are the driving force in my life, and they keep me alive and inspire not only my music but also my everyday life.
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My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.
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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.
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Ever since I left Greece more than two decades ago, it has been my dream to return and perform at the Acropolis. This project took more than a year and a half to plan and accomplish, and I would like to thank my band and crew and the scores of people involved in helping my dream become a reality.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.
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The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.
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As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music.
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In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
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