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

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Sound
Music
Like
Colors
Sounds
Creating
Emotional
Painting
Color

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