Yanni Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.”

“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.”

“My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.”

“I don't really like to explain my songs.”

“I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.”

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

“Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.”

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

“The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.”

“While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.”