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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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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'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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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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 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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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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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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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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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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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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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.
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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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