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.

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.

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

I don't mind about the boos from the audience.

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.

You can insure yourself up to your eyeballs, but if you don't take risks, what's the point? You have to enjoy life.

But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult.