Vangelis
Vangelis

I prefer to have the music as pure as possible. I don't want to say, 'Oh yes, this is good. This is not good; I have to do it again.' I don't want to do it again. I want to do it once. It's no good, I do another one.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Music dominates the universe. It is the prime force. It has given shape to space.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I started at the piano at the age of 4.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Every day I paint, and every day I compose music.

Vangelis
Vangelis

If I've made money from music, it was never my aim to do that. I didn't do it to become famous.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I absolutely respect and I believe I serve music.

Vangelis
Vangelis

My main language was music, and my teacher was nature.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Science and mythology were the topics which fascinated me since my early childhood.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I've been composing and performing for as long as I can remember.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Success is sweet and treacherous.

Vangelis
Vangelis

You can never repeat certain things. It's only once in a lifetime.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I'm a composer. I know nothing about money and commercial stuff. I just write music.

Vangelis
Vangelis

My father was in property, but he was a great lover of music.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Music is science more than art, and it is the main code of the universe.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I think it was inevitable that I get into synthesizer music. I always wanted to deal with sound more than anything else. I couldn't get the sounds I wanted out of the piano.

Vangelis
Vangelis

If you look for truth, you have to be courageous.

Vangelis
Vangelis

The avant-garde feel important, but they hardly understand what they're doing.

Vangelis
Vangelis

Computers are extremely helpful and amazing for a multitude of scientific areas, but for me, when it comes to creation, they are insufficient and slow. Therefore, all of my efforts are to stay away from that beast.

Vangelis
Vangelis

I realised that success and pure creativity are not very compatible. The more successful you become, the more you become a product of something that generates money. Instead of being able to move forward freely and do what you really wish, you find yourself stuck and obliged to repeat yourself and your previous success.