I never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
RINGO STARRPeople in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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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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They said do what you want, because if we don’t like it no one will hear it.
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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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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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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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People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That’s how life works, but it’s not bugging me anymore.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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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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I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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Ringo: ‘I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.
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I 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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