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Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time.
Nigel Kennedy -
Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him.
Nigel Kennedy
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You can't learn pathos or profundity.
Nigel Kennedy -
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 -
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 it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.
Nigel Kennedy -
I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.
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 not really doing your job.
Nigel Kennedy -
The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.
Nigel Kennedy