You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
RINGO STARRI was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.
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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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They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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Beatles, women and children first!
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I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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 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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I never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
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Everything government touches turns to crap.
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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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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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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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