I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, ’59 I got called Ringo.
RINGO STARRI 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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Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
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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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They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I’ve made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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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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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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 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’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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I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
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