From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I’m still doing it. I still love it so that’s why I do it.
RINGO STARRBeing 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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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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We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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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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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 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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You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
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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’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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