Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.

- Vanessa Mae

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.

- Vanessa Mae

But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult.

- Vanessa Mae

In winter I go skiing on Saturdays and Sundays when the slopes are quieter due to changeover day for tourists, and in summer I hike up into the mount…

- Vanessa Mae

Music is about the performance.

- Vanessa Mae

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

- Vanessa Mae

Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.

- Vanessa Mae

Music will always be my greatest passion.

- Vanessa Mae

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn't have time for univer…

- Vanessa Mae