Yanni Quotes

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.

My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.

I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night.

I don't really like to explain my songs.

Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.

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.

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.

In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.

I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.

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.

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.

I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.

I’ve always lived in the moment.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

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

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.

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.

We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.

While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There are so many messages and lessons that I have been taught that I would want to share with people. Perhaps one that is very present in my mind now is the concept that we are all living on this one tiny planet that we call Earth. It is very small and is not getting any bigger, but the amount of people living on this planet continues to grow at a rapid rate.