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
I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic. – Andre Rieu
When my twin grandchildren, Linda and Lyeke, were born two years ago, it changed me. I felt it was the essence of what life is about, and I cried all day. When my son Pierre, their father, was born I didn’t cry like that. – Andre Rieu
We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life. – Andre Rieu
Where would I be without Johann Strauss’s beautiful ‘Blue Danube?’ Without this piece of music I wouldn’t be the man I am today. It’s a tune that brings out the emotion in everyone and makes them want to waltz. – Andre Rieu
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
I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things. – Andre Rieu
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
Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy. – Andre Rieu
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
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
It doesn’t matter as long as there’s interaction between me and the audience. That’s why they come. – Andre Rieu
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
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
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 world. – Andre Rieu
I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life. – Andre Rieu
When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father’s concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience. – Andre Rieu