Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism. — Yanni Copy Share Image
Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports. — Yanni Athlete Copy Share Image
I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion. — Yanni Copy Share Image
It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do… — Yanni Copy Share Image
The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be. — Yanni Being happy Copy Share Image
In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of… — Yanni Copy Share Image
All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent. — Yanni Copy Share Image
There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract,… — Yanni Abstract Copy Share Image
I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all… — Yanni Copy Share Image
I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the… — Yanni Copy Share Image
The day I left I wondered why you never stopped me. I cried thinking what a waste...but now I thank you...you gave… — Yanni Goodbye Copy Share Image
The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free. — Yanni Compassion Copy Share Image
I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want… — Yanni Copy Share Image
If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are… — Yanni Alive Copy Share Image
Self-Love or putting yourself first is not being self-centered or a narcassist, its about making a xommitment to yourself to create what… — Yanni Relationships Copy Share Image
Actually, with 'Truth of Touch' I wasn't even intending on making an album. I was just having fun. I had about a… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important contribution to me being centered in the midst of this chaos is my daughter, Krystal Ann. I am… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful… — Yanni Copy Share Image
You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves. — Yanni Creative Copy Share Image
Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who… — Yanni Big houses Copy Share Image
We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another. — Yanni Education Copy Share Image
I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. — Yanni Fish Copy Share Image
My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her… — Yanni Copy Share Image
If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys. — Yanni Copy Share Image
I am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my… — Yanni Copy Share Image
When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles… — Yanni Copy Share Image
My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones. — Yanni Copy Share Image
Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love. — Yanni Cold Copy Share Image
Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts. — Yanni Copy Share Image
Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors. — Yanni Color Copy Share Image
I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing. — Yanni Communication Copy Share Image
My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s… — Yanni Attitude Copy Share Image
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… — Yanni Audience Copy Share Image
As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the… — Yanni Copy Share Image
My father once said, ‘If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don’t… — Yanni Copy Share Image
