Ringo Starr's best quotes
7 July 2023, 08:00 | Updated: 1 July 2024, 11:44
The legendary Beatles drummer celebrates his birthday on 7th July, so let's look back at his philosophy and words of wisdom.
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"I’m warning you with peace and love. I have too much to do, so no more fan mail!"
YouTube, 2008
Ringo Starr greets his fans in May 2008. Picture: UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad/Alamy -
"I never practice"
To Rolling Stone, 2019
Ringo Starr performing live in Munich, 1966. Picture: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo -
'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.”
Beatles Anthology, 2000
Ringo Starr celebrates his 24th Birthday at BBC Lime Grove Studios in Sheppards Bush, London, Tuesday 7th july 1964. The Beatles were at the BBC to film an insert for "Top of The Pops". Picture: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo -
"You know, we can't go on forever as four clean little mop tops, playing She Loves You."
To David Wigg, 1969
The Beatles play the Apple offices rooftop in January 1969. Picture: Dom Slike / Alamy Stock Photo -
"I used to write songs and I’d present it to the boys, and they would be rolling on the floor laughing, because I’d just rewritten another song and hadn’t noticed it!"
Rolling Stone, 2019
Ringo on the set of the film Help!, 1965. Picture: MARKA / Alamy Stock Photo -
"I don't feel old and I don't think I look my age. It doesn't worry me."
To Hit Parader, 1969
Ringo Starr on the set of The Magic Christian in 1969. Picture: TCD/Prod.DB / Alamy Stock Photo -
Reporter: "How do you find America?" "Turn left at Greenland.”
From A Hard Day's Night, 1964
Ringo Starr on the set of A Hard Day's Night in 1964. Picture: Alamy -
"I've got blisters on my fingers!"
from Helter Skelter, 1968
Ringo Starr on the set of 'The Magic Christian. 1969. Picture: Alamy -
"Drumming is my middle name."
Drumming Is My Madness (1981)
Ringo Starr performing live in July 1992. Picture: Alamy -
"I didn't play drums to make money. I played drums because I loved them."
To The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers (1984)
Ringo Starr, Hollywood, 2010. Picture: Alamy -
"The second side of Abbey Road is my favourite. I love it."
To Elliott Mintz 1977
The Beatles - Abbey Road cover. Picture: Press -
"The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.”
Beatles Anthology, 2000
The Beatles: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Picture: MARKA / Alamy Stock Photo
