Yanni Quotes

I've always lived in the moment.

The engaged mind stays sharp and retains tremendous capacity.

These changes are part of what keeps me interested and excited. Life won't let me keep coming at it from the same angle.

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.

My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.

If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing.

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.

I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn't put together everyone else's "facts" and believe that winning was impossible.

You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.

Passion is the fuel.

I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe.

I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile.

You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.

Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.

It seems that in every culture, however tough life is and however impossible the conditions, there are some resilient human beings who find their way through, who survive and make something of themselves.