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Andre Rieu [1949-0] Dutch

Rank: 102
Musician, Violinist

André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.

Music, Health, Humor, Positive, Sad

Quote	Tags	Rank
Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.	Music	101
I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.		102
We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.	Music	103
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.		104
Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together.		105
I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.		106
I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.		107
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.	Sad	108
The classical music world is so snobbish.		109
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.	Health	110
I'm an un-healable positive optimist.	Positive	111
It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.		112
I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.		113
When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience.		114
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.		115
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.	Humor	116
Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.		117
I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.		118
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.		119
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.		120
It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.		121
I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.		122
I love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.		123
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.		124
When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.		125
I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules and you don't.' You're not allowed to have fun or entertain.		126
Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.		201
I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.		202
You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between.		203
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.		204
People don't come to my concerts because they know the program. They come because they love the atmosphere and because they know that when I offer them a program it will be a night they never forget.		205
For me, I always like to get up bright and early.		206

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