Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
RINGO STARRI’d like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We’d have a rocky edge.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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I am, I definitely am. I’m really excited about that.
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Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
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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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I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I’ve made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.
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Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke – Go and have a look in my bedroom, It’s covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.
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That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
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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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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 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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The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.
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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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We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
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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.
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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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