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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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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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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
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No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
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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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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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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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The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
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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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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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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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