Humphrey Lyttelton Quotes

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.
Humphrey Lyttelton

Mother, Side, Gave

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

Challenge, Stuff, Miss

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

Book, May, Done

I just stroll in right before the recording goes on.
Humphrey Lyttelton

Before, Goes, Recording

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.
Humphrey Lyttelton

Daily, Started, Journalism

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

Play, Used, Point

It is a very wide range of people that we get for the show.
Humphrey Lyttelton

Show, Wide, Range

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

Mean, Put, Secret

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

Best, Started, Goes

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Nationality: British

Born: May 23, 1921

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