#v

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#giving #government #i #live #me

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#am #because #better #classical #classical music

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

— Andre Rieu

#cake #child #fat #i #life

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#around #beatles #been #busy #discovered

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#because #come #concerts #forget #i

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#both #both sides #give #grab #life

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. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#express #humor #important #important way #life

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

— Andre Rieu

#garden #home #i #i love #long

The ideal beauty is a fugitive which is never found. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#found #fugitive #ideal #never #which

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

— Andre Rieu

#elite #everybody #his #mozart #music