I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.

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.

I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.

I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.

The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.

I'm an un-healable positive optimist.