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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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Perhaps one of the most important lessons that I continue to have reinforced is to always have faith and believe in yourself. To never lose sight of who you are and to know yourself.
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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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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
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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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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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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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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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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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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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It’s really strange, but they speak to me — the notes and the chords. So when I hear other people’s music, I can feel the composer. Whoever created that, I can see in their 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 don't really like to explain my songs.
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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
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