Andre Rieu Quotes

To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal.

With good music, yes, we can bring people together because a good song will touch your soul no matter what and where it is coming from.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

I like any music I can feel.

I like music when it makes you feel.

Music is shared. It's a shared feeling; that's what music is all about. When you listen to a song with someone else, it becomes more than just a song. It defines relationships.

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.

Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.

Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.

Everything has a feeling to it, even if it's not your type of music - it has a feeling for somebody in the world.

I don't think there is anyone who cannot relate to music.

I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal-I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else.

If it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.

It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions!

Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.

Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate in that way. I experience so much joy in that process, because, you know, it's those times of getting together and playing music and all that comes with it that are the best for me.

I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway.

Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

I like the fact that music is more abstract.

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be very powerful.