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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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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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I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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