Vanessa Mae

I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#i #main #make #next #olympics

In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#home #i #ideal #ideal world #spend

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

— Vanessa Mae

#come #encouraged #even #ever #fruition

Music is about the performance. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#music #performance

Music will always be my greatest passion. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#greatest #music #passion #will

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. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#been #career #find #hard #how

To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#am #behind #championships #even #few

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

— Vanessa Mae

#behind #great #physical #playing #traditions

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#because #chill #churning #hit #i