Andre Rieu

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

André Rieu

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

André Rieu

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

André Rieu

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

André Rieu

I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.

André 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.

André Rieu

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

André Rieu

I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.

André Rieu

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.

André Rieu

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

André Rieu