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

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.

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.

I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle.

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.

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.

Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.