Quotes from Yanni

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

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

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.

I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want the listener to make up their own story as to what it is and get the emotion pure without using logic.

I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.

It's a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.

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.

I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.

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.

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

And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.

You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.

You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.

I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.

Actually, with 'Truth of Touch' I wasn't even intending on making an album. I was just having fun. I had about a six-month period of down time, and I'm not very good at sitting around. So I kind of started going into the studio and having fun with new core mendin sounds.

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

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

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.

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

With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.

I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don't let anyone talk us out of our truth.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

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.

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.