“Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illite...” — Yanni Quote

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

“I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Most people are visually illiterate. Most people don't understand images: they don't understand how to interpret them or how to manufacture them.”

“Having a financially illiterate society is dangerous, and we have to do something about that.”

“My only model for being a father was my father, an illiterate on the margin of society.”

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”

“In Shyam Benegal's 'Welcome To Sajjanpur,' I'm an illiterate village girl.”

“I'm technology illiterate.”