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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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Music
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Illiterate
Speech

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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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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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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The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.
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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 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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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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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
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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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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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