F irst and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. I played drums because I loved them... My soul is that of a drummer... It came to where I had to make a decision - I was going to be a drummer. Everything else goes now. I play drums. It was a conscious moment in my life when I said the rest of things were getting in the way. I didn't do it to be come rich and famous, I did it because it was the love of my life.
Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul. - Ringo Starr
Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
- Ringo Starr
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. - Ringo Starr
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.
Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day. - Ringo Starr
Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
Everything government touches turns to crap. - Ringo Starr
Everything government touches turns to crap.
The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off. - Ringo Starr
The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.
Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers. - Ringo Starr
Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.
I'm left handed and I'm playing a right handed kit... That's why everyone thought, 'Wow, he's a genius,' but all I was doing was trying to play backw… - Ringo Starr
I'm left handed and I'm playing a right handed kit... That's why everyone thought, 'Wow, he's a genius,' but all I was doing was trying to play backw…
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. - Ringo Starr
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.
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. - Ringo Starr
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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