Humphrey Lyttelton Quotes

Humphrey Lyttelton — British Musician born on May 23, 1921,

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttleton became a popular figure of the trad jazz revival, leading his own eight-piece band, which recorded a hit single of Bad Penny Blues in 1956. As a broadcaster, he presented BBC Radio 2’s The Best of Jazz for forty years, and hosted the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on Radio 4, becoming the UK’s oldest panel game host... (wikipedia)

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.

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!

I just stroll in right before the recording goes on.

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

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