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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.
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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.
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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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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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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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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 am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.
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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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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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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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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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The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.
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We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.
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I don't dwell in the past I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.
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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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