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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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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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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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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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I am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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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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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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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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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'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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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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’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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