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

The classical music world is so snobbish.

It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music to play, because it's really not.

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 to waltz.

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

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