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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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Everything great that has ever happened to humanity has begun as a single thought in someone's mind, and if anyone of us is capable of such a thought, then all of us has the same capacity, capability, because we're all the same.
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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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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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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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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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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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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 don't really like to explain my songs.
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In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how I grew up, love is described with different words.
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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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Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.
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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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When I create music, it is a reflection of my soul, my experiences in life and my relationships with other people and cultures. Psychology, and understanding who we are as people in this world, is present in almost every creative thought I have.
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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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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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