Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors. Yanni More Quotes by Yanni More Quotes From Yanni 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. Yanni impact goal people You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves. Yanni optimism creative mind I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul. Yanni soul humanity believe 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 knowing-who-you-are bigs house The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be. Yanni happy happiness inspirational I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us. Yanni responsible i-believe believe I’ve always lived in the moment. Yanni moments I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving. Yanni important mind believe 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 capacity humanity mind I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity. Yanni optimist stupidity choices The studio work that I do allows me to connect with people around the world. You can't perform live for everyone, so having the ability to share my creative vision with others is very important to me as well. Yanni vision creative people A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp. Yanni doing-you littles mean 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. Yanni uplifting home moving My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it. Yanni able heal mother We're all capable if we have faith and passion. Yanni passion ifs faith 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 connections important people 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. Yanni creative reflection people 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 want father world You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new. Yanni giving-up giving rooms 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 life-is-good simple beach
