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Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
Ringo Starr
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Ringo Starr
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 7
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City of Liverpool
Richard Starkey
Sir Richard Starkey MBE
Sir Richard Starkey
Ritchie Starkey
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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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When I run on stage now, a thousand people don't even see you, they're in their phone.
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America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.
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Last night I had a peace dream.
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Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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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.
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Wake up meat head, don't pretend that you are dead.
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I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there.
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I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists.
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The business is so driven by money, everyone's trying to get it right.
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I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.
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And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles.
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I'm warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed, nothing. Peace and love, peace and love.
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If you made a record, I'd probably pick out tracks that I like and download that. That's just how it is.
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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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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all over the track. I play with the singer and I can back off.
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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.
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I don't particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.
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