Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

Music is about the performance.

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.

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.

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.

Music will always be my greatest passion.

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.