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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.

Ringo Starr

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.
RINGO STARR

Drums Human Love Myself Play Practice Room
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 STARR

Hand Myself Nervous Right Stage
Wake up meat head, don’t pretend that you are dead.
RINGO STARR

Death Pretend Wake Up Yourself
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.
RINGO STARR

Feeling Finding Learning Myself Old Time
I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
RINGO STARR

Feeling Goodness Myself Space
Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
RINGO STARR

Act Follow
My soul is that of a drummer. I didn’t do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.
RINGO STARR

Famous Life Love Myself Rich Soul
Everything government touches turns to crap.
RINGO STARR

Crap Government Touch
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’
RINGO STARR

Creation Myself
We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
RINGO STARR

Live Thinking
I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
RINGO STARR

Drugs Fans Hope
I 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.
RINGO STARR

Ability Best Deal Greatness
That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
RINGO STARR

Drugs Emotion End
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.
RINGO STARR

Different Myself Occupation Time
I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
RINGO STARR

Body Bone Life Myself
Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
RINGO STARR

Brother Memories Musician

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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