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Humphrey Lyttelton Quotes

Humphrey Lyttelton quotes

British Musician May 23, 1921

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Well, I had started a program which is even longer running than this one in 1967 which was a jazz program called The Best of Jazz and that still goes out on Monday nights. That's been going for 33 years or something. Humphrey Lyttelton
For me, it's a bigger challenge, it's much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you've got to see to it that you don't torpedo any of his punch lines. Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton quote: "An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should..."
An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons. Humphrey Lyttelton
I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! Humphrey Lyttelton
I did the pilot, and when they came through and said they were going to put it on the air, I had already some dates in the book with my band and so on. So Barry did the first one, he may have done a few more than the first one in the series, and I took it up from then. Humphrey Lyttelton
The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it. Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton quote: "I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The..."
I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail. Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton quote: "It is a very wide range of people that we get for the show."
It is a very wide range of people that we get for the show. Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton quote: "I just stroll in right before the recording goes on."
I just stroll in right before the recording goes on. Humphrey Lyttelton

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