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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Represents
Truly
Humanity
Soul
Music
Believe
Really

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I don't dwell in the past I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.
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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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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are the driving force in my life, and they keep me alive and inspire not only my music but also my everyday life.
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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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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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