All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.

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.

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.

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.

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.