Quote

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

Yanni

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Capable
Passion
Faith

More quotes by Yanni

Image
There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.
Yanni
Image
My father once said, ‘If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don’t have to follow. You don’t have to make a big deal about which way you’re going. Just go. It’s very easy.’
Yanni
Image
Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
Yanni
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 problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.
Yanni
Image
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
Yanni
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 exciting and that’s what I’m hoping to do to the audience.
Yanni
Image
My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
Yanni
Image
I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
Yanni
Image
I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
I don't really like to explain my songs.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
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.
Yanni
Image
Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
Yanni
Image
As I understand life at different levels, I can use music to express what these levels feel like to me. Hopefully the listener can be transported to this understanding by listening to the music.
Yanni
Image
You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
Yanni