I was nothing to them--but I went to some lectures at the school, while I was still at the Conservatoire, and I used to go and play to them sometimes.

So when my uncle died, they said, 'Come and stay with us.' I had really nobody.
My father and mother died years ago.

My mother, you understand, was half English; I always spoke English with her.

She knew I must be a musician.
That was settled when I was a child.

Music is my life.