Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn't want to follow. Ringo Starr More Quotes by Ringo Starr More Quotes From Ringo Starr Everything government touches turns to crap. Ringo Starr libertarian-party liberty government 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. Ringo Starr love-of-my-life rich soul Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers. Ringo Starr three brother memories You either kiss the future or the past goodbye. Ringo Starr kissing goodbye inspirational Let's make my birthday, July the 7th at noon, Peace and Love Day. Everybody go, 'Peace and love.' In the office, on the bus, wherever. It's still peace and love for me, I'm a product of the 60s and it was a very influential period in my life, and you know, my head was turned around a bit, my eyes were opened as it were. In fact, I even have it on my arm, 'Peace and love'. I see nothing wrong with peace and love. Ringo Starr july office eye Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul. Ringo Starr rock-and-roll rocks soul Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education. Ringo Starr great-education ringo life-is The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be. Ringo Starr four guy I'm left handed and I'm playing a right handed kit... That's why everyone thought, 'Wow, he's a genius,' but all I was doing was trying to play backwards... It's one of those mad accidents, you can't learn it. Ringo Starr mad play trying Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day. Ringo Starr musical goal sleep The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off. Ringo Starr pants leaving feet Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice. Ringo Starr very-nice wells nice The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you. Ringo Starr deals drummer whole I am, I definitely am. I'm really excited about that. Ringo Starr excited I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on. Ringo Starr musician feet long 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. Ringo Starr meditation-and-yoga meditation-practice the-end-of-the-day With God's help, I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there. And because of that, I'm doing this. I'm making records, I'm touring. I was so involved in just getting brain damaged, I wasn't doing anything. I had great ideas, many notebooks filled with notes, some of them I can read and some of them I just can't read, but I really didn't do anything constructive, it was all just good ideas. Now I'm trying to lead a constructive life a day at a time. Ringo Starr notebook years ideas Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about Ringo Starr analyzing song thinking I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you're so ill. Ringo Starr busy stuff giving We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. Ringo Starr laughter missing
