Yanni quotes - page 2

I don't have a "you can't do this" voice in my head. (Yanni)
If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life. View quote
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Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself. View quote
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It seems that in every culture, however tough life is and however impossible the conditions, there are some resilient human beings who find their way through, who survive and make something of themselves. View quote
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I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile. View quote
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The engaged mind stays sharp and retains tremendous capacity. View quote
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All I had to do was do it. (Yanni)
Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control. View quote
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I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe. View quote
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Endurance is mind over matter. View quote
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Passion is the fuel. View quote
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On the plane home I remember thinking that I am who I am because I have faith in myself, and it has always been the possibility of emotionally rewarding the experiences that has encouraged me to gamble on myself; those experiences have made all that I do worthwhile. View quote
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I remember a few years ago I was watching this astronaut from the space shuttle, talking about his experiences in space and talking about what earth looked like to him from above. View quote
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions. View quote
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New Age is a very small box. It was a term that was brought in by the music industry to classify music that is neither jazz, classical, pop or rock. They didn't know what to call it or what to do with it. So they threw it all together under this one name. View quote
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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing. View quote
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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. (Yanni)
Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music. View quote
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While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument. View quote
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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion. View quote
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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. View quote
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Photo: Yanni, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Greek Pianist
Born: November 14, 1954
Quotes count: 51
Wikipedia: Yanni

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