You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
RINGO STARRI like Beethoven, especially the poems.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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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 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’d like to end up sort ofunforgettable.
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Everything government touches turns to crap.
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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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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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Beatles, women and children first!
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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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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
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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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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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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 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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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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Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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