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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Optimist
Stupidity
Choice
Choices

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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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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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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
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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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When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
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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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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.
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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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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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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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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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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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