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.
RINGO STARRMy 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.
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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 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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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs. I don’t think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about
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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 paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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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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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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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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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Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
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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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