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.
RINGO STARRI don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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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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They said do what you want, because if we don’t like it no one will hear it.
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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’d like to end up sort ofunforgettable.
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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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The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.
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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 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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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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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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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Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
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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 don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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