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Yiannis Chryssomallis , known professionally as Yanni , is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer who has resided in the United States during his adult life.

Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works. Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music concert video of all time. Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's Taj Mahal, China's Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates' Burj Khalifa, Russia's Kremlin, Puerto Rico's El Morro castle, Lebanon's ancient city of Byblos, Tunisia's Roman Theatre of Carthage, India's Laxmi Vilas Palace, the Egyptian pyramids and Great Sphinx of Giza, and the Amman Citadel.At least sixteen of Yanni's albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, and two albums received Grammy Award nominations. Yanni has performed in more than 30 countries on five continents, and through late 2015 Yanni had performed live in concert before more than 5 million people and had accumulated more than 40 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 25 million copies. A longtime fundraiser for public television, Yanni's compositions have been used on commercial television programs, especially for sporting events. He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning British Airways television commercial.Yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full symphony orchestra. He has employed musicians of various nationalities and has incorporated a variety of exotic instruments to create music that has been called an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds. Influenced by his encounters with cultures around the world, Yanni has been called a "true global artist" and his music is said to reflect his "one world, one people" philosophy.



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✵ 14. November 1954
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Famous Yanni Quotes

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - "this is just the way it is" - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Passion is the fuel.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Endurance is mind over matter.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

Yanni Quotes about life

“Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life's problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“It's a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni Live at the Acropolis

“The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

Yanni Quotes about the trip

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

Yanni Quotes

“I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“I've always lived in the moment.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“I don't have a "you can't do this" voice in my head.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“All I had to do was do it.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“On the plane home I remember thinking that I am who I am because I have faith in myself, and it has always been the possibility of emotionally rewarding the experiences that has encouraged me to gamble on myself; those experiences have made all that I do worthwhile.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“I remember a few years ago I was watching this astronaut from the space shuttle, talking about his experiences in space and talking about what earth looked like to him from above.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“We're all capable if we have faith and passion.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“The engaged mind stays sharp and retains tremendous capacity.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“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.”

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Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

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