Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
RINGO STARRYou got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
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I want to deal with what’s in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that’s not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.
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Beatles, women and children first!
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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I’d like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We’d have a rocky edge.
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Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke – Go and have a look in my bedroom, It’s covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That’s how life works, but it’s not bugging me anymore.
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My soul is that of a drummer. I didn’t do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.
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I’m nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I’m due on stage. But I’m all right as soon as I get the mic in my hand.
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I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
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I never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
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