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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

I'm very fond of piano players

Quote by Michael Parkinson about music

I've never liked my myself physically.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about opinion

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about music

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 not so much about what you ask as what you don't ask.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about contentment

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, contentment

So you find yourself limited by the age you are.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about age, olderness, contentment

The modern area of celebrity fascinates me.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about opinion, celebrity

There are many times I do a straightforward, professional interview.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about time

There's no way you can create a chemistry where none exists.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about opinion, contentment

We had all the London bands, including the Johnny Dankworth Seven.

Quote by Michael Parkinson

What we took as a privilege, the Americans took for granted.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about americans

When you're younger, you've got more fire in your belly, an urge to make a name for yourself and maybe you think silence is not the way you want to be, you're a bit scared of it.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about advice, contentment, silence, name, fire, fire brigade