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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: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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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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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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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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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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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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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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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
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