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

- Skitch Henderson

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…

- 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

I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

- Skitch Henderson

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 Sinatr…

- Skitch Henderson

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

- Skitch Henderson

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

- Skitch Henderson

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

- Skitch Henderson