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" I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them. "

" For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s. "

" I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I get by with a little help from my friends. "

" 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. "

" When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here. "

" So this is America. They must be out of their minds. "

" America: It's like Britain, only with buttons. "

" That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end. "

" Everything government touches turns to crap. "

" Drumming is my middle name. "

" 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. "

" I love the modern technology now. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills. "

" We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat. "

" 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. "

" The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite. "

" I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band. "

" I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer. "