Ringo Starr quotes - page 2

I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with. (Ringo Starr)
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. View quote
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We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. View quote
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The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd Like to be Under the sea In an octopus's garden with you. View quote
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Well I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice. View quote
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Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day. View quote
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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. View quote
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That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end. View quote
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I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy. (Ringo Starr)
People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know. View quote
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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. View quote
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Last night I had a peace dream... View quote
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And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album. View quote
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"How do you find America?" "Turn left at Greenland. View quote
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I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play. View quote
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First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. View quote
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I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever. View quote
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I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles. View quote
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And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So then we got it together again. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band, you know. (Ringo Starr)
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. View quote
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I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. View quote
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We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat. View quote
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George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers. View quote
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