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I’ve always lived in the moment.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Lived
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Moments
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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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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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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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My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.
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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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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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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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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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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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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 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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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.
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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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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.
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