Yanni Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.”
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“The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.”
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“Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.”
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“My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.”
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“All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.”
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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.”
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“I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.”
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“You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.”
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“I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.”
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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.”
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“The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.”
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“You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.”
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“I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.”
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“My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.”
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“The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.”
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“Symphonies can generate a tremendous amount of sounds, beauty, and emotion. That is part of their human feel and sweetness. Keyboards, on the other hand, give us access to millions of sounds. When I put the two together, the result is unique, and it’s not only pleasing to the ear, but produces emotional responses that neither of the two can achieve on their own.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Ever since I left Greece more than two decades ago, it has been my dream to return and perform at the Acropolis. This project took more than a year and a half to plan and accomplish, and I would like to thank my band and crew and the scores of people involved in helping my dream become a reality.”
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“Well, besides being entertained, I’d like to move them emotionally. I mean I really want to uplift them. I want to look down at the audience, and this is personal experiences now I’m going to tell you. It’s like you look down at the audience and see people smiling, crying, hugging each other. I want them on their way home to feel empowered like they can do anything.”
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“Everything great that has ever happened to humanity has begun as a single thought in someone's mind, and if anyone of us is capable of such a thought, then all of us has the same capacity, capability, because we're all the same.”
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“That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.”
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“No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.”
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