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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.

Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 7
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I feel as though that was someone else playing. I was possessed!
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I've never gone to the bedroom when I was starting out and practiced away.
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That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.
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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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When I run on stage now, a thousand people don't even see you, they're in their phone.
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The kids are interested in the music of them. They're not interested in mop-tops and Beatle boots and crazy suits. It's all down to the music now - that's what they hear, and that's what they love.
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No, no, no, I don't snort no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, then it makes it hard to find the door.
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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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My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.
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