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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: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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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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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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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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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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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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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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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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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
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No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
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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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My father once said, ‘If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don’t have to follow. You don’t have to make a big deal about which way you’re going. Just go. It’s very easy.’
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Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.
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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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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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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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