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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. "
Ringo Starr
Drummer
First
Money
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" And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So then we got it together again. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band, you know. "
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" I like Beethoven, especially the poems. "
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" George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers. "
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" People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know. "
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" I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles. "
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" I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band. "
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" People only look at me as a Beatle, but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life works, but it's not bugging me anymore. "
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" We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. "
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" The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite. "
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" I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band. "
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" So this is America. They must be out of their minds. "
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" I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever. "
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" For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s. "
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" I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself. "
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" That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end. "
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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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" 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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Create
" Everything government touches turns to crap. "
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Everything
" 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 love the modern technology now. "
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" I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy. "
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" Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later. "
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" America: It's like Britain, only with buttons. "
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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 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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" I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had to keep it. Just gave it away. And we lost so much and we didn't look after a lot of it. "
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" When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer. "
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" When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here. "
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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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Far
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