Andre Rieu Quotes

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• When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.
• It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
• I make music to touch the souls of people as it's a language we all can speak.
• Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's…
• I'm an un-healable positive optimist.
• I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
• 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…
• The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the…
• 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…
• I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
• I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.
• For me, I always like to get up bright and early.
• 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…
• I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.
• Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.
• Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
• I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.
• The classical music world is so snobbish.
• 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…
• I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

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