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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
Potential
Speed
Boys
Problem
Men
Separates
React
Professional

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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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Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.
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Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
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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 truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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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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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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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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As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music.
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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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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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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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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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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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Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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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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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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