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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.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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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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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 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 just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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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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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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