Skitch Henderson

That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of…

— Skitch Henderson

I listen to everything.

— Skitch Henderson

You can tell by the applause: There's perfunctory applause, there's light applause, and then there's real applause. When it's right, applause sounds…

— Skitch Henderson

I grew up on film scores and scores from films.

— Skitch Henderson

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the…

— Skitch Henderson

But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along.

— Skitch Henderson

Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.

— Skitch Henderson

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music…

— Skitch Henderson

I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with…

— Skitch Henderson

I think my favorite experience is whatever I'm doing now.

— Skitch Henderson

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon…

— Skitch Henderson

I had had a classical education prior to that.

— Skitch Henderson

Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.

— Skitch Henderson

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

— Skitch Henderson

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios.

— Skitch Henderson

Well, in our business, it's a very tough profession.

— Skitch Henderson

And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.

— Skitch Henderson

In a way, yes, because I was starting something fresh, and it was something totally independent.

— Skitch Henderson

Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.

— Skitch Henderson

I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along.

— Skitch Henderson

I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now.

— Skitch Henderson

If you don't operate it as a business, you aren't going to be around very long.

— Skitch Henderson

I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

— Skitch Henderson

We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which…

— Skitch Henderson