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 Sochi, Russia. — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys. — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything. — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
