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You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 7
Actor
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Drummer
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Film Director
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City of Liverpool
Richard Starkey
Sir Richard Starkey MBE
Sir Richard Starkey
Ritchie Starkey
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I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.
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Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.
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