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.
RINGO STARRMy occupation is syncopation. But, every time, my syncopation is different, because I can never play the same fill twice. I just can’t, never have been able to.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
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I am truly grateful. I’m a grateful human being.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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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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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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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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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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 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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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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That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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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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