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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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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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The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
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Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.
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Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.
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We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.
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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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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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The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.
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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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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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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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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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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'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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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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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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