A biography for Ringo Starrhasn’t been written yet.
“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 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 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.”
“People in Liverpool don't move very far, 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.”
“America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.”
“I like Beethoven, especially the poems.”
“I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.”
“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.”
“When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.”
“I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy.”
“I love the modern technology now.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.”
“If you made a record, I'd probably pick out tracks that I like and download that. That's just how it is.”
“And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.”
“When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here.”
“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.”
“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.”