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
thinking love-is important
I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.
battle important conquer
The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
believe humanity soul
I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
sight matter loses
No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
people different culture
I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.
passion needs talent
All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
hard-work long enough-time
You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
stupidity choices optimist
I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.
people creative vision
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.
love powerful lifetime
Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.
trying life-is-precious problem
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.
impact goal people
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.
greek types-of-love
In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.
pain father years
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.