Ringo Starr Quotes
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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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I'm quite honored by it. They [people] tell me that , 'If it hadn't of been for you, I wouldn't have played drums.' Hey, don't blame me, I was just up there doing my stuff. So no, I never take it as any real pressure.
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I met The Beatles while we were playing in Germany. We'd seen them in Liverpool, but they were a nothing little band then, just putting it together. In fact, they weren't really a band at all.
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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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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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We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool.
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That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.
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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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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 like Beethoven, especially the poems.
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I've never had any big ideas about being the solo.
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America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.
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I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.
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I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.
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It all comes down to who you crucify, you either kiss the past or future good-bye.
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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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Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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This was the point of our lives when we found pills, uppers. That's the only way we could continue playing for so long. They were called Preludin, and you could buy them over the counter. We never thought we were doing anything wrong, but we'd get really wired and go on for days. So with beer and Preludin, that's how we survived.
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Wake up meat head, don't pretend that you are dead.
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The point is it is amazing that the generations have joined in the Beatle madness and love the music. Who knew?
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I'm like everyone else, on the stage it's good. Not too much fun in the hotel or the airplane or the bus, but you got to do it.
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And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned.
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I am the best rock drummer on the planet.
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The White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.
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Let's make my birthday, July the 7th at noon, Peace and Love Day. Everybody go, 'Peace and love.' In the office, on the bus, wherever. It's still peace and love for me, I'm a product of the 60s and it was a very influential period in my life, and you know, my head was turned around a bit, my eyes were opened as it were. In fact, I even have it on my arm, 'Peace and love'. I see nothing wrong with peace and love.
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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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The business is so driven by money, everyone's trying to get it right.
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Last night I had a peace dream.
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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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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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