Andre Rieu

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

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

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 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. ”

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

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. ”

When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden. ”

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

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life. ”

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