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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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.
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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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The studio work that I do allows me to connect with people around the world. You can't perform live for everyone, so having the ability to share my creative vision with others is very important to me as well.
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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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Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.
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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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Perhaps one of the most important lessons that I continue to have reinforced is to always have faith and believe in yourself. To never lose sight of who you are and to know yourself.
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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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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night.
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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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