But I don’t mind, I’m a bit of a touring animal. When I’m on tour that is the greatest thrill for me, playing to a live audience. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
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 university. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
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 Read Quote
People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself on the slopes, but I’ve always been a tomboy. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
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 mountains at sunset, just as the village is settling down to dinner. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
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 Read Quote
