Zitat des Tages von Andre Rieu:
I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.
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.
I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.
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 love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.
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.
It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.
I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
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.
