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I’ve always lived in the moment.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Lived
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Moments
Always

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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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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.
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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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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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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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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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Perhaps one of the most important lessons that I continue to have reinforced is to always have faith and believe in yourself. To never lose sight of who you are and to know yourself.
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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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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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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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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.
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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 truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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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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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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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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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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