I used to read Max Jones's column in the Melody Maker and because he wore a black beret, I sported one, too.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about magic
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46 quotes by Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson - british journalist
Life period: 1935
I was a very young journalist with the Yorkshire Evening Post, in Doncaster.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about journalism
I'm a better listener than I thought I ever would be when I was growing up, I'm a lot less patient than I ought to be at times with people.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about people, thinking
I'm totally convinced that some people have met me on a bad day and gone away thinking I'm a miserable sod, so I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about people, doubt, thinking, bad luck, bad, day
In the main, people say the same thing in relation to the same thing.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about people, relation, things
It can change, but in the main people don't say anything surprising.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about change, people
It was with Ronnie's band that I first met my old mate Benny Green. He was reading a blue cover Penguin, a classic, the first jazz musician I ever saw reading such a volume.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about opinion, old, olderness
It's a funny thing, but when people talk about jazz piano nowadays they seem to overlook Earl, and I don't know why, because he had perfect musical taste.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about humor, perfection, things, people
It's so embarrassing watching yourself back then, those awful hairstyles we had and those terrible concord collars and all that sort of thing.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about concord, things
My first interests were Jelly Roll Morton and the Armstrong Hot Five.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about interest
Other times, when there's a real relationship, when the interview becomes conversational, intimate, when you get the impression you're eavesdropping that's when it works.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about time, real estate
There are many times I do a straightforward, professional interview.
Quote by Michael Parkinson about time
