“While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the hum...” — Yanni Quote

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

“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. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.”

“New Age is a very small box. It was a term that was brought in by the music industry to classify music that is neither jazz, classical, pop or rock. They didn't know what to call it or what to do with it. So they threw it all together under this one name.”

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

“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.”

“There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.”

“The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional.”

“I love the lone human voice. It is my greatest love and passion.”

“How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing.”

“If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.”

“Opera takes the human voice to the absolute limits of what it is capable of doing.”