Andre Rieu Quotes

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Andre Rieu

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 1, 1949

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

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

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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.

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Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.

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I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.

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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.

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

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Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together.

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You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between.

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

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