Andre 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...

You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.

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

It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.