Andre Rieu Quotes

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

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.

About Author

André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Rieu and his orchestra tour worldwide, often playing in stadiums. He resides in his native Maastricht, where he also regularly performs at the Vrijthof.

I'm an un-healable positive optimist.

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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 wo...

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