After recording the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven concertos, I…

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

— 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

In this country, people just want their child to be happy. But to be happy as a child, means that you have to invest…

— Vanessa Mae

The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear…

— Vanessa Mae

Through the violin, I speak to people, and my violin is my favourite partner in my musical life, definitely. Without my violin, I don't…

— Vanessa Mae

I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in…

— Vanessa Mae

All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.

— Vanessa Mae

But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.

— 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

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said…

— Vanessa Mae

I think it is important to get away from the 'I am the first, the youngest to do this and do that.' It is…

— Vanessa Mae

Music is about the performance.

— Vanessa Mae

I don't seek to be controversial, I just end up being controversial.

— Vanessa Mae

I hope that you enjoy my music but more than that, I hope that it may stand for something more than just entertainment.

— Vanessa Mae

Music will always be my greatest passion.

— Vanessa Mae