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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.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
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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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It’s really strange, but they speak to me — the notes and the chords. So when I hear other people’s music, I can feel the composer. Whoever created that, I can see in their soul.
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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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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.
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If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are the driving force in my life, and they keep me alive and inspire not only my music but also my everyday life.
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It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.
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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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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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It’s like flight, you’re flying… When you’re hitting something that’s turning you on, you get goose bumps. It’s a rush. It’s very exciting and that’s what I’m hoping to do to the audience.
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