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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Capable
Passion
Faith

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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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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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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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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
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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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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.
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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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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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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 don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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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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Ever since I left Greece more than two decades ago, it has been my dream to return and perform at the Acropolis. This project took more than a year and a half to plan and accomplish, and I would like to thank my band and crew and the scores of people involved in helping my dream become a reality.
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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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