Andre Rieu Quotes

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.
For me, I always like to get up bright and early.
I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.
I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.
I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.
I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.
I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.
I have 120 people in my payroll without any government giving me any money. We live off the tickets and the records I sell. That is very unusual.
I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.
I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.
I love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.
I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules and you don't.' You're not allowed to have fun or entertain.
I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
I was so busy with my studies that I didn't have a musical idol as a teenager. Later, around my 20s, I suddenly discovered the Beatles and the Rolling Stones but I guess my musical idol has always been Strauss.
I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
I'm an un-healable positive optimist.
It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.
It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music to play, because it's really not.
It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
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Andre Rieu
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BirthDate
01 October, 1949
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Netherlands
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