44 Quotes by Andre Rieu

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

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

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.