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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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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Music
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People
Understanding
Psychology
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Thought
Experiences
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Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.
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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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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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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 don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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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 don't really like to explain my songs.
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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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 think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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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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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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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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 truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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