Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
RINGO STARRGene 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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I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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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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The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.
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I don’t like talking. It’s how I’m built. Some people gab all day and some play it smogo. I don’t mind talking or smiling, it’s just I don’t do it very much. I haven’t got a smiling face or a talking mouth.
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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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Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
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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 was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.
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I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you’re so ill.
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I’m warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed, nothing. Peace and love, peace and love.
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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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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 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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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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 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’d like to end up sort ofunforgettable.
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Everything government touches turns to crap.
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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.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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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I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.
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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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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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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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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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