Yanni Quotes

• And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody’s asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.

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• 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.

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• I don’t really like to explain my songs.

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• I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want the listener to make up their own story as to what it is and get the emotion pure without using logic.

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• It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.

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• Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.

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• Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

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• When you hear ‘Truth of Touch,’ I believe you recognize that it is me; however it’s not the typical Yanni album.

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Yanni (8)

Birth:	14th November, 1954
Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Composer, Keyboardist, Pianist

About

Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni was born in Kalamata, Greece. He is a Greek composer, keyboardist, and pianist. His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music video of all time. At least fourteen of Yanni's albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, and two albums received Grammy Award nominations. He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning British Airways television commercial. He received a B.A. degree in psychology in 1976.

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