Yanni
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer who has spent his adult life in the United States...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth14 November 1954
CityKalamata, Greece
men long use
I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
song
I don't really like to explain my songs.
numbers elements truth-is
Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.
people mind earth
There are so many messages and lessons that I have been taught that I would want to share with people. Perhaps one that is very present in my mind now is the concept that we are all living on this one tiny planet that we call Earth. It is very small and is not getting any bigger, but the amount of people living on this planet continues to grow at a rapid rate.
single regret past
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.
school piano fingers
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.
father world want
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.’
helping
We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
differences making-a-difference way
I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.
beach life-is-good simple
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.
order want needs
The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.
tolerate manage
We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.
mean littles doing-you
A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.
believe mind quality
I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.