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> [Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/why-would-you-want-to-stand-there-waving-a-stick-when-you-could-be/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

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## More by Nigel Kennedy

> [Yes, I mean like you know, having studied with Yehudi Menuhin that is like some direct route into Bach, because he was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/yes-i-mean-like-you-know-having-studied-with-yehudi-menuhin-that-is/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/the-four-seasons-was-making-me-popular-in-britain-but-emi-america-had/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/even-if-you-re-playing-brahms-or-a-beethoven-concerto-you-ve-got-to/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/the-beatles-are-a-classical-group-because-they-re-classic/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [You can't learn pathos or profundity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/you-can-t-learn-pathos-or-profundity/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [Menuhin was playing Bach on a fantastic spiritual level when he was a teenager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/menuhin-was-playing-bach-on-a-fantastic-spiritual-level-when-he-was-a/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/i-hate-complacency-i-play-every-gig-as-if-it-could-be-my-last-then-i/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/i-ve-learnt-new-scales-through-playing-different-types-of-music-like/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/why-would-you-want-to-stand-there-waving-a-stick-when-you-could-be/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/i-think-bach-is-equally-a-romantic-composer-because-he-laid-the-seeds/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/bach-was-a-top-harmonist-geezer-which-is-why-the-jazz-cats-love-him/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/if-you-do-the-same-thing-every-night-that-s-the-death-of-music/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/if-you-re-not-pushing-your-own-technique-to-its-own-limits-with-the/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/if-you-re-playing-within-your-capability-what-s-the-point-if-you-re/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

> [I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-kennedy/i-m-always-improving-and-i-want-to-get-better-and-never-hit-a-plateau/)

[Nigel Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-kennedy/)

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