Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? Nigel Kennedy instrumentplaystand Change image and share on social
If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music. Nigel Kennedy deathmusicnight Change image and share on social
I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core. Nigel Kennedy bachcoreemotional Change image and share on social
The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I just had a classical career there. Nigel Kennedy americabritaincareer Change image and share on social
You can't learn pathos or profundity. Nigel Kennedy learnpathosprofundity Change image and share on social
Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him. Nigel Kennedy bachcatgeezer Change image and share on social
Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time. Nigel Kennedy beethovenbrahmconcerto Change image and share on social
Yes, I mean like you know, having studied with Yehudi Menuhin that is like some direct route into Bach, because he was one of the foremost interpreters of Bach for the violin. Nigel Kennedy bachdirectforemost Change image and share on social
Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along. Nigel Kennedy bachbeethovenegocentric Change image and share on social
I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so it's difficult to you know all this like labelling and putting - I think Bach is attractive to musicians because he supersedes the labels. Nigel Kennedy attractivebachbrahm share on social
