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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Battle
Important
Conquer

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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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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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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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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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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
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In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how I grew up, love is described with different words.
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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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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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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 realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's 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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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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 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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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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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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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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