When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.
RINGO STARRThey paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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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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We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool.
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I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
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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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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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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.
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I 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.
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My 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.
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That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
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I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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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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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 love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.
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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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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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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.
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Peace and love, peace and love!
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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 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 was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.
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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 never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
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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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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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