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As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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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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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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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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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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