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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.

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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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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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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 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 love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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The studio work that I do allows me to connect with people around the world. You can't perform live for everyone, so having the ability to share my creative vision with others is very important to me as well.
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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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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
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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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I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.
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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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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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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.
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