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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

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Ringo Starr
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 7
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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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I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, '59 I got called Ringo.
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I don't particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.
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