Andre Rieu Quotes

I'm an un-healable positive optimist.
Andre Rieu

Positive, Optimist

I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
Andre Rieu

Family, Mother, Black

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.
Andre Rieu

Success, Happy, Jealous

For me, I always like to get up bright and early.
Andre Rieu

I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.
Andre Rieu

Time, Genius, Admire

I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.
Andre Rieu

Sense, Create, Magic

I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.
Andre Rieu

Home, Beautiful, Around

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.
Andre Rieu

Music, Work, Health

I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.
Andre Rieu

Everyone, Five, 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.
Andre Rieu

Money, Government, Live

I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.
Andre Rieu

Nothing, Two, Full

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.
Andre Rieu

Success, Music, Heart

I love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.
Andre Rieu

Love, Long, 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.
Andre Rieu

Music, Fun, Rules

I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
Andre Rieu

Life, Child, Sweet

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.
Andre Rieu

Busy, Around, Later

It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.
Andre Rieu

Long, Why, Between

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.
Andre Rieu

Music, Art, Real

It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
Andre Rieu

Alone, Made, Global

Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
Andre Rieu

Music, Everybody, Elite

Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.
Andre Rieu

Life, Love, Work

Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together.
Andre Rieu

Together, Wanted, Might

People don't come to my concerts because they know the program. They come because they love the atmosphere and because they know that when I offer them a program it will be a night they never forget.
Andre Rieu

Love, Forget, Night

The classical music world is so snobbish.
Andre Rieu

Music, Classical

The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
Andre Rieu

Life, Time, Sad

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Born: October 1, 1949

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