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.
RINGO STARRI 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.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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 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 feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it’s all about finding yourself.
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I mean, women are very important to me. I don’t know, they just drive me crazy.
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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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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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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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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’m nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I’m due on stage. But I’m all right as soon as I get the mic in my hand.
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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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Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
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I’m not sleeping with all the women I appear with.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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