Martina had just turned 22 when injuries forced her to stop. Now, at the age of 25, with several operations behind her, she is looking forward to the challenge of playing events.

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.

As far as we're concerned, if we're not obviously working, you can bet that we're somewhere underground working because we never stop.

I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard.