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I’ve always lived in the moment.
I don't really like to explain my songs.
I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.
Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.
My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.
The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.
The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.
When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.
Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.
Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.
The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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.
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.
A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.
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.
I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.
The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.