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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.
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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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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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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
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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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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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The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.
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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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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.
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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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