Skitch Henderson Quotes

I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read about in my senior year in high school.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

I was a musician first of all.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

My entire life, I wake up, and at some point in the afternoon, I head toward some kind of musical recording device. My entire life.

I'm a professional musician.

I tried to get a job in music but was too unique to stand behind someone as a backing vocal or to sing in weddings.

I'm a recording studio guy, an engineer, a songwriter and a guitar player, in that order.

I've done some scoring in the past, but I want to get into it on a bigger level - a Danny Elfman level.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

I'm very conscious of the fact that I devoted my life to recording music, recordings and writing songs.