I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, ’59 I got called Ringo.
RINGO STARRI 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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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 thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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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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They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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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 was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.
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I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
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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 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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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.
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