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.
RINGO STARRWe thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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Wake up meat head, don’t pretend that you are dead.
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I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I’m trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.
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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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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
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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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The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.
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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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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
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That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
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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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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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I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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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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Peace and love, peace and love!
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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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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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I’ve said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.
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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 made all my mistakes playing with people.
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When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
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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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I’d like to end up sort ofunforgettable.
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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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