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.
RINGO STARRPeace and love, peace and love!
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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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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They said do what you want, because if we don’t like it no one will hear it.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
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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 never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
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Beatles, women and children first!
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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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Peace and love, peace and love!
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You’re like the devil with horns in your head, the only way I’ll get you is to get you in bed.
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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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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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Wake up meat head, don’t pretend that you are dead.
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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 love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I’ve never practiced drums unless there was another human being in the room.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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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My occupation is syncopation. But, every time, my syncopation is different, because I can never play the same fill twice. I just can’t, never have been able to.
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The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.
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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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I’ve never really done anything to create what has happened. It creates itself. I’m here because it happened. But I didn’t do anything to make it happen apart from saying ‘Yes’
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I’m on my feet and I’m doing what I love to do, and I’m in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.
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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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