The 85 best phrases of Ringo Starr (The Beatles)

Richard Starkey, better known to all as Ringo Starr, is a great musician of English origin, but he is more remembered for being the drummer for the immortal rock band 'The Beatles', in which he achieved global recognition, but above all it gave him the opportunity to share his passion with George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

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Great quotes from Ringo Starr

To commemorate his career, we have brought in this article a compilation of the best quotes from him and thus see a more personal side of this star.

1. The Beatles were just 4 guys who loved each other very much. That is all they will be.

What really The Beatles was for its members.

2. Yoko Ono is a good friend of ours. I have to admit one thing: I didn't like Yoko at first. And the reason I didn't like her was because she was taking away my friend, John.

Personal opinion about Yoko Ono. Showing that they actually get along very well and have overcome the past.

3. I would like the fans to take meditation instead of drugs.

Nobody wants to see a person get involved in the drug road.

4. I fell into the trap of believing that absurd theory that to be creative you have to crush your brain. In the end he was so crazy that he was not able to create anything. I was so busy taking things that I couldn't do anything else.

To create you also need to take breaks.

5. Do you remember when everyone started analyzing the songs we made? It seems to me that I myself have never understood what some of them were about ...

A fun moment with all the conspiracy theories about his songs.

6. I like Beethoven, especially in poems.

An inspiration for Ringo Starr.

7. I feel like the older I get, the more I'm learning how to manage life. Being on this mission for a long time, it's about finding yourself.

Old age brings its own teachings.

8. Of course I am ambitious. What's wrong with that? If not, I would sleep all day.

Ambition keeps us motivated as long as we don't let it get to our heads.

9. I have often been criticized for saying 'peace and love', but I still do. if I have a choice, I prefer to be positive. If I am negative, I am not doing any good for the world.

Never be influenced by bad reviews from others.

10. I know I'm not very good at singing because I don't have a lot of vocal breadth. So they write songs for me that are very low and not very difficult.

Even if you can't do something, that doesn't limit you to experimenting and doing other things.

11. Wasn't it the Vatican who said we were satanic or possibly satanic... And have they still forgiven us? I think the Vatican has more to talk about than The Beatles.

A critique of the extreme beliefs of the Catholic religion.

12. It was magical. I mean, there were loving moments between four people. An incredible approach, with four young people who really loved each other, it was really sensational.

A beautiful memory of his time with the band.

13. Liverpool people don't go very far, you know.

A particular reference to his birthplace.

14. Well, I am happy all the time, which is very nice.

The goal that we all must pursue.

15. The American press wanted to bury us, then they liked us.

Let your actions and abilities speak for yourself.

16. I'm not going to say anything because no one believes me when I do.

There are times when it is best to keep quiet.

17. I am truly grateful. I am a grateful human being.

It never hurts to be grateful for everything we have.

18. Working in the cinema I feel more independent and creative on my own, but also completely ends the responsibility of being a beatle.

Another passion of Ringo Starr.

19. I became a drummer because it's the only thing I can do, but whenever I listen to another drummer, I know I'm not good... I'm not good at the technical part, but I'm good with the rhythm, like moving my head.

When you're good at something, work to be great at it.

20. I have blisters on my fingers!

A consequence of the long hours of practice and staging of him.

21. It's a shame that on many of the singer's reality shows, someone gets a chance for a minute, and even the winner rarely lasts more than a year.

Ringo is not a fan of music reality shows.

22. I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy.

A weakness of the drummer.

23. I couldn't put my finger on the reason why we parted. It was about time, and we were spreading.

Sometimes there comes a time in our lives when we have to go our separate ways.

24. I'll keep going as long as I'm able to hold the drumsticks... I am the boy who at thirteen years of age had that dream of being a musician, of playing with good people. And that dream really continues.

There is never a right time to stop doing what you love. Even, it may never come.

25. So this is America. They must be crazy.

His impression of America.

26. When I sat on the drums before thousands of people who attended the Bangla Desh Festival that he organized George Harrison, I had a sense of freedom like I had never felt before when working with Los Beatles.

A unique experience where the star was Starr.

27. I don't like intellectual girls because I never understand what they are talking about.

There are certain types of people we don't get along with.

28. We are discreet, genuine and British to the core.

Our origin is extremely important to our identity.

29. I played many hours to get where I am, and it was a gradual build-up.

Practice makes a master.

30. I don't sleep with all the women I appear with.

A rumor that denies.

31. You have to pay your debts if you want to sing the blues and you know that it is not easy.

Money is a fundamental element in the world of music.

32. They were reaching out more than I was. I've stayed with the band.

For Ringo, parting ways with the band cost him more than the rest.

33. I never studied anything, really. I never studied drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes on stage.

Studies are useless if we do not put them into practice.

34. It was myself and no one else who was playing the drums, even though everyone was howling because, for them, I was still one of the four, but I knew I was not. I owe that to the movies.

Getting his own identity and recognition.

35. I have a very clear opinion about myself because I am not a technical drummer of those who spend nine hours practicing a day.

Ringo has always known his place, strengths and weaknesses.

36. So go from nowhere to have the greatest thing in your life; you can't handle it.

Many do not know how to act when they are famous.

37. The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

Speaking of his favorite album.

38. And in a marriage you cannot try to be married. You are married or not married... as far as I'm concerned.

A marriage must be a rapport.

39. For me, life is still playing the drums, but I have fun making movies. The previous times I was used (I lent myself to that, I accept it) because of the attractiveness of my name.

Talking about his other passion, making movies.

40. I would like to end up being, in some way, unforgettable.

Every artist wants to leave his mark on the world.

41. John's personality was what made us successful.

Recognizing who had been the leader of the band.

42. They gave me the first drums one Christmas and by February I was already playing in an ensemble.

An emotion that became his profession.

43. It was hard enough, and thank goodness there were four of us to keep us in a kind of reality with each other.

A group of friends who supported each other.

44. This is all that drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

There is nothing good behind addictions.

45. I mean, I was born the day the war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs, even though they did actually break Liverpool, you know.

One was difficult that marked it.

46. They told me: act naturally, be yourself. And there I would go out, doing the morisquettes that everyone expected from Ringo, the idiot of the Beatles.

A role that he did not like at all.

47. I always wanted to write a song like the others, and I tried, but to no avail.

A talent he did not possess.

48. What I'm sure of is having created a style, which with the Ginger Baker is the only one valid for modern rock.

Proud of what he had created.

49. We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music, and his sense of laughter.

Fire a friend forever.

50. We all went crazy separately, but we had each other, and we all gradually got over it.

Being in a group does not imply that individuality should be lost.

51. I remember when I was a little younger, there were big gaps on all the streets where the houses used to be. We used to play with them.

Simple memories of your childhood.

52. It was not difficult for me to find the lyrics, but every time I came up with a melody and sang it to the others, they would tell me: “That looks like such a thing”, and I realized that they were right.

Talking about his experience of trying to create a song.

53. I've always been good at creating the melody for a first verse, but after that I can't do anything. It takes me years, that's why I'm so slow.

There are those who cannot create something different from what they are used to.

54. I am a huge Beatles fan. And, you know, without anyone's knowledge, I used to be one. But I have no problem putting titles and lines of other songs in my songs, because they are great lines and great titles.

Looking at our work as an audience is a totally new experience.

55. First of all I am a drummer. After that, I am other things... But I don't play drums to make money.

The battery is part of itself.

56. I have never done anything to create what happened. It has created itself. I'm here because it happened. But I didn't do anything to make it happen other than saying "yes."

Things are created spontaneously after placing our actions on the table.

57. Everything the government touches turns to manure.

A critique of the government system.

58. I manage with a little help from my friends.

Friends can be our support system.

59 Last night I had a dream of peace ...

Reference to Martin Luther King.

60. I was the new kid. It was like joining a new class at school where everyone knows everyone but me.

Talking about his first experience in the band.

61. If you look at the photos of The Beatles, it seemed that we always had a camera or a cigar in hand.

An interesting fact. Did you notice it?

62. When I was thirteen I just wanted to be a drummer.

Since he was little he already knew the direction he wanted to take.

63. I love modern technology now.

A modern man.

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

A fun comparison between countries.

65. Percussion is my middle name.

The battery carries it in the blood.

66. That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everybody thought we were on tour for years, you know, but we didn't.

The time was very short, but the experiences, many.

67. I have come to realize that paso doble is a type of music that has something to do with polka. No, it is not very different. I have had a nice time.

Enjoying dance styles.

68. When we started, they basically went the way of John and Paul because they were the writers and they said, "This is the song," and I was playing in the most creative way that I could.

John and Paul were the directors of the band.

69. I think the most interesting thing is that people our age are expected to know music, but in reality there are a lot of children that they also do it, and if there is something left, we have left it very good music, and that is the important thing, not the mop -tops or whatever be.

Recognizing their influence on the current generation.

70. I do not care. I keep singing the song. I don't hurt anyone and we're here to have fun.

Do things for yourself, not to please others.

71. You would have to have four arms to do half the things they wanted me to do.

It wasn't easy being the drummer for The Beatles.

72. George was becoming independent a lot these days. He was writing more, and he wanted things to go his way - where, when he started doing it, he basically became like John Lennon and Paul McCartney. You know, because they were the writers.

The anecdotes that marked the beginning of the separation.

73. "I was really bitter at 40," Ringo said. But after that, you go with the flow. In fact, it's a miracle he's still around here. I put a lot of drugs in my body and could have left at any time.

Talking about his personal experience with drugs.

74. He played drums because he loved him…. My soul is that of a drummer…. He got to where I had to make a decision: he was going to be a drummer.

Do the things you love to do and you will enjoy it all the time.

75. Gene Autry was the best. It might sound like a joke - come take a look in my bedroom, which is covered in Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.

His first musical inspiration.

76. When I was a teenager I thought that everyone over 60 should be shot because they were useless, "she continued. "When I turned 40 my mother told me, 'Son, I guess you don't think like that anymore.'

As young people we have very strange thoughts that we deny when we grow up.

77. Everything else goes now. I play the drum. It was a conscious moment in my life when I said that all the other things got in the way.

A difficult decision but one that was undoubtedly the right one.

78. The White Album is important to me for different reasons. One, that he had left the band on the White Album.

The true essence of The Beatles is in this album.

79. When we landed, we saw the same reaction as in other places where we had been. There were fans on the rooftops who were going crazy. It was fabulous.

About his experience in the United States.

80. I didn't do it to get rich and famous, I did it because he was the love of my life.

Reflection on the reasons why he chose drums above all else.

81. And when we went to play, we wanted to go back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this, because we did it for two years. And then we would go to Germany again, and that's where I met the Beatles.

The moment of the truth.

82. Neither John, nor Paul, nor I had ever been to America before. George had been the only one who had been there six months before, and when he asked in record stores about the music of The Beatles, they said: I never heard them name.

A change that happened quite quickly.

83. I don't collect any souvenirs. I wish I had saved everything he had. But who knew you had to keep it. I just gave it away. And we lost a lot and we don't take much care of it.

Talking about his memories with the band.

84. And I came back and it was great, because George had put all those flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So we did it together again. I always felt like he was better on target for me. We were more like a band, you know.

A very special moment with your friend.

85. It is the award for a long career, but not a lifetime.

Sadly, life has its end.