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.

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

I love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.

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.

The classical music world is so snobbish.

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