Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
RINGO STARRMy 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
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I’m warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed, nothing. Peace and love, peace and love.
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If you could play, I’d play with you all night. But if I’m just playing by myself, it gets boring pretty quick.
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They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.
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I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you’re so ill.
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Wake up meat head, don’t pretend that you are dead.
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I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, ’59 I got called Ringo.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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I don’t like talking. It’s how I’m built. Some people gab all day and some play it smogo. I don’t mind talking or smiling, it’s just I don’t do it very much. I haven’t got a smiling face or a talking mouth.
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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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Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.
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From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I’m still doing it. I still love it so that’s why I do it.
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Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs. I don’t think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about
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I’ve said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.
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Ringo: ‘I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.
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I know when I feel good when I play. There’s a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it’s still playing live. For me, it’s what expands my soul.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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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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I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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