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.
RINGO STARRI used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, ’59 I got called Ringo.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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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They said do what you want, because if we don’t like it no one will hear it.
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The drummer’s always going to be there. They’re the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.
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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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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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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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I’d like to end up sort ofunforgettable.
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Everything government touches turns to crap.
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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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I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
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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’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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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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I couldn’t put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would’ve stayed with the band.
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