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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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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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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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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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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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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
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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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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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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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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 don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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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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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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