Ringo Starr > Quotes

“(Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964)
"How do you find America?"
"Turn left at Greenland.”
― Ringo Starr

“Peace and love, peace and love!”
― Ringo Starr

“The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.”
― Ringo Starr

“Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.”
― Ringo Starr

“America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.”
― Ringo Starr

“A lady that I know just came from Colombia. She laughed because I did not understand. She held out some marijuana uh-huh, said it was the finest in the land. I said, no-no-no-no, i dont smoke it no more. It only makes me fall on the floor.No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door. A lady that i know just came from Morrocco, Spain. She laughed because i did not understand. She held out a ten-pound bag of cocaine, said it was the finest in the land. I said no-no-no-no, i don't *sniff* no more, it only makes me fall on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door.
A lady that i know just came from Tennesee. She laughed because i did not understand. She held out a jug of moonshine, uh-huh, said it was the finest in the land. I said no-no-no-no, i don't drink it no more, it only makes me fall on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, and then it makes it hard to find the door.

Ringo Starr's No-No Song”
― Ringo Starr

“Everything government touches turns to crap.”
― Ringo Starr

“You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.
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― Ringo Starr

“I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.”
― Ringo Starr

“Last night I had a peace dream...”
― Ringo Starr

“Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.”
― Ringo Starr, The Beatles Anthology

“Ringo: 'I do get emotional when I think back about those times. My make-up is emotional. I'm an emotional human being. I'm very sensitive and it took me till I was forty-eight to realize that was the problem!

We were honest with each other and we were honest about the music. The music was positive. It was positive in love. They did write - we all wrote - about other things, but the basic Beatles message was Love.”
― Ringo Starr, The Beatles Anthology

“Ringo: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover]
'The cover was the mind-blower - I remember to this day the moment when they came in and showed me. I don't really remember the music, I'd have to play it now. But he showed me the cover and I pointed to the 'Times': 'Oh, you've even got the Times in it...' as if he didn't have his dick hanging out.

I said, 'Ah, come on, John. You're doing all this stuff and it may be cool for you, but you know we all have to answer. It doesn't matter; whichever one of us does something, we all have to answer for it.' He said, 'Oh, Ringo, you only have to answer the phone.' I said, 'OK, fine,' because it was true. The press would be calling up, and just at that point I didn't want to be bothered - but in the end that's all I had to do: answer the phone. It was fine. Two or three people phoned and I said: 'See, he's got the Times on the cover.”
― Ringo Starr, The Beatles Anthology

“I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage”
― Ringo Starr

“Books are good.”
― Ringo Starr

“I can't go around the kit.... I can't go snare drum, top tom, middle tom, floor tom[.] I can go the other way. So all these things made up these so-called 'funny fills,' but it was the only way I could play. [QUOTED FROM Ringo: With a Little Help (2015) by Michael Seth Starr]”
― Ringo Starr