12+ Humphrey Lyttelton Quotes On Humility, Friendship

Humphrey Lyttelton was a British jazz musician and broadcaster. He was known for his trumpet playing and was the leader of the Humphrey Lyttelton Band. He was also a regular panelist on the BBC Radio 4 comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Humphrey Lyttelton on love, humility, life.

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

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

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

The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had... his photocopier. — 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

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

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

Now it's time to play a brand new game called Name That Barcode. Here's the first one: "Thick black, thin white, thick black, thick white, thick black, thin white." OK who's going to identify that? — 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

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

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

Coincidence is a wonderful thing. — Humphrey Lyttelton

Life Lessons by Humphrey Lyttelton

1. Humphrey Lyttelton was a British musician who demonstrated the importance of staying true to your own musical style and developing a unique sound.
2. He was a great improviser, and his work showed the importance of taking risks and being open to experimentation.
3. Lyttelton also demonstrated the value of collaboration, as he often worked with other musicians to create something new and exciting.