I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Yes, I mean like you know, having studied with Yehudi Menuhin that is like some direct route into Bach, because he was one of… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Menuhin was playing Bach on a fantastic spiritual level when he was a teenager. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him. — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
