Doc Severinsen
(American Musician)

Date of Birth:: July 7, 1927
Nationality:: American
Quote count:: 22
Times favorited:: 1

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

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“Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.”

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“Music and the arts are not just something to make people feel good. They elevate the soul and broaden the entire personality. It's easy to say they aren't needed because culture seems intangible. But not having it deprives young people of a cultural heritage.”

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“Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present.”

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“Well, the thought came to me that, for many of us who did this show, and for many people who watched the show, just because Johnny left there, didn't give them the closure they needed. But I would say that his passing gave us that closure, because I think we all realize now that he's not coming back.”

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“I'm a Swede who loves Italian food; it's the culture I identify with mostly. I love the people and everything about them.”

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“I was snowed in a couple of years, just like everyone else,”

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“We were run out of a diner,”

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“He got a very large meat cleaver and made us get back on the bus. That was heartbreaking, ... Maybe an hour's drive from New York. I'll never forget it.”

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“Everyone was close friends,”

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“As I look back now, some of those dates, the players - I think I didn't realize how fully significant that all was. My God, some of the playing you heard. You had to take it in, and it had to do something to you.”

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