Andre Rieu

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.

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'm an un-healable positive optimist.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.