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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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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Already
Greatest
Imagination
Free
Truth
Kindness
Things
Compassion
Love
Creativity
Life
Inside

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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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No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.
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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 truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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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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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 am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.
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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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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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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 do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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 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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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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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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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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When I create music, it is a reflection of my soul, my experiences in life and my relationships with other people and cultures. Psychology, and understanding who we are as people in this world, is present in almost every creative thought I have.
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