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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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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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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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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It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.
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I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
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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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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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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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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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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
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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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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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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 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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