Yanni Quotes - Page 2

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• I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.

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  Believe, Soul, Humanity

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• I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.

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  Love Is, Thinking, Important

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I learned from my parents to do my best to not react to negative emotions. I try to think about what has happened and find the lessons that can be learned from these difficult experiences. I try to deal with these negative emotions right away because, if they stay inside, they can hurt and do a lot of damage. I release them as soon as possible so I can be free.

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  Hurt, Thinking, Parent

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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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  Creativity, Order, Quality

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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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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  Impact, People, Goal

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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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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  Unique, Emotional, Hands

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• I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.

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  Believe, I Believe, Responsible

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• I’ve always lived in the moment.

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  Moments

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• 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.

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  People, Important, Connections

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• I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.

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  Believe, Mind, Important

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• I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.

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  Funny, Fishing, Want

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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

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  Greek, Use, Type

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.

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  Needs, Helping

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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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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  Uplifting, Moving, Home

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• Perhaps the most important contribution to me being centered in the midst of this chaos is my daughter, Krystal Ann. I am very lucky because she works with me and is responsible for many aspects of the business on the marketing side of my career. This allows us to travel together and experience life on the road, seeing the world. Having family with me is very important and grounding.

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  Daughter, Careers, Marketing

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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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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  Beach, Life Is Good, Simple

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• My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.

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  Mother, Able, Heal

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• We're all capable if we have faith and passion.

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  Faith, Passion, Ifs

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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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.

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  Balance, Hours, Hundred

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• Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.

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  School, Accomplishment, Mind

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• The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.

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  Daughter, My Daughter, Important

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night.

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  Night, Wake Up, Middle

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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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  Giving Up, Giving, Rooms

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• 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.

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  Single, Regret, Past

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

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  Inspiration, Genius, Adages

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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