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 STARRI love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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Wake up meat head, don’t pretend that you are dead.
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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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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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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’d like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We’d have a rocky edge.
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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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Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
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If you could play, I’d play with you all night. But if I’m just playing by myself, it gets boring pretty quick.
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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’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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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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I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you’re so ill.
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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.
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