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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Optimist
Stupidity
Choice
Choices

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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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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're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are the driving force in my life, and they keep me alive and inspire not only my music but also my everyday life.
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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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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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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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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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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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There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.
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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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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
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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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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.
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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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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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