Yanni
Greek keyboardist and composer.
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.
I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don't let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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.
Endurance is mind over matter.
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.
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.
You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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.
I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.
We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life.
All I had to do was do it.
The engaged mind stays sharp and retains tremendous capacity.