Quotes by Skitch Henderson - Page 1

I listen to everything.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Attention
Listening
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I had had a classical education prior to that.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Classical
Prior
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I grew up on film scores and scores from films.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Film
Grew Up
Score
Scores
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I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Hollywood
Pianist
Studios
Studio
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Well, in our business, it's a very tough profession.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Profession
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Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Artist
Different
Wells
Lots
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I think my favorite experience is whatever I'm doing now.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
My Favorite
Thinking
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Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Orchestra
Glut
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Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Disappear
Radio
Watched
Sinatra
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I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Music
Artist
Jazz
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Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Happens
Longevity
Tomorrow
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If you don't operate it as a business, you aren't going to be around very long.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Operate
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I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now.
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Advocating
Right Now
Strange
Sinatra
Strata
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I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Germany
Munich
Orchestra
Similar
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I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Demise
House
Orchestra
Studios
Watched
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And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Easter
East
East Coast
Hollywood
Moved
Television
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In a way, yes, because I was starting something fresh, and it was something totally independent.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Independent
Starting
Way
Totally
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We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Boundaries
Cost
Crossing
Factor
Manner
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That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of music, so that really was my strong forte.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Forte
Stamp
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We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Concerts
Programming
Classical
Obviously
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Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Carnegie Hall
Orchestra
Play
Popular Music
Stars
Writing
Although
Budget
Furnish
Guest
Hall
Popular
Plays
Presented
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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 like vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.
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Ice
Light
Real
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While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Golden
Looks
Orchestra
Pops
Two
Money Music Look
Enable
One Or Two
Suddenly
Wand
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I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with people like Crosby and Sinatra, so of course that was a great ground school for me.
Skitch Henderson / Pianist
Crosby
Nbc
School
Years
Business Great Me
Practically
Personally
Sinatra
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