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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.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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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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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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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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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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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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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 think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.
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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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The studio work that I do allows me to connect with people around the world. You can't perform live for everyone, so having the ability to share my creative vision with others is very important to me as well.
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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 realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.
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My father once said, ‘If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don’t have to follow. You don’t have to make a big deal about which way you’re going. Just go. It’s very easy.’
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It’s like flight, you’re flying… When you’re hitting something that’s turning you on, you get goose bumps. It’s a rush. It’s very exciting and that’s what I’m hoping to do to the audience.
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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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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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