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 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
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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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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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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 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 am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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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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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’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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I’m on my feet and I’m doing what I love to do, and I’m in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.
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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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I’ve said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.
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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 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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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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