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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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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
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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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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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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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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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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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The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how I grew up, love is described with different words.
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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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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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I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.
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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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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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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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