Yanni Quotes

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some reason... But that's what's great about music - however people interpret it, whatever they see, is what I want to be there for them.

It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling out what a song is about for somebody.

People take songs so literally.

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

'Simply the Best' has always been one of my favourite songs and a song that I've always thought was far deeper than what you imagine it to be at first listen. I found the lyrics to be really, oddly beautiful, considering you rarely stop and think about them.

If you're really listening there are alot of hidden messages in my songs.

There are websites of 'True Detective' artwork out there now, and it's beautiful. And I don't want to take that away from anybody. I know what it means to me. But I don't want to take away anyone's interpretation of the show.

I'm a very message-oriented artist, and each song has a totally different meaning.

Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves.

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music is speaking for itself.

Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.

I feel like what Director Bong is so amazing at is taking so many things and presenting them to you - never telling you how to think, but, if you leave the theater thinking something, we've done our jobs right.

I think it's exciting that fans can immediately pick up on what my music is about and what I'm leaning towards: that they get to actually feel it.

In a lot of ways, I feel like I'm just taking the music that comes to me and trying to make it as beautiful as I can. You can't really predict or control how people will receive that music.

Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an atmospheric vibe in my songs. And I really don't want to ruin the illusions people may create for themselves.

That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

The best career advice was to sing with an understanding and internalise the music - that was my mother's advice. Sing with intention, believe what it is you're saying, and think about it, before you sing it.

I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more.

I follow my inspiration to wherever it goes. I do want the fans to feel the fun and excitement about it, and I like for people to be able to make their own interpretations about my work.

I sometimes never really realize what lyrics are saying.