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.

He later included jazz klezmer and other genres in his repertoire. On 24 October 2006 Kennedy broke his arm in a cycling accident confirmed in an interview on BBC Radio 3 on 20 April 2007.

He later included jazz klezmer and other genres in his repertoire. He made his early career in the classical field and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is a British-born violinist and violist.