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.
RINGO STARRI 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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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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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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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’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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Beatles, women and children first!
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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 feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it’s all about finding yourself.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I’m trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.
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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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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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