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

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

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

I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.

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.