Ringo Starr Quotes

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Ringo Starr

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 7, 1940

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 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.

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I like Beethoven, especially the poems.

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I get by with a little help from my friends.

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That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

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So this is America. They must be out of their minds.

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The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

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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 never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.

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America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

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I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable.

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I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

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I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.

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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.

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I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.

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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.

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For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s.

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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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And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.

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Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.

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