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 first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.

I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

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.

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

It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.