Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE, known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine" and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth7 July 1940
CityLiverpool, England
When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here.
are deeply shocked that this incident occurred. We send George and Olivia all our love and wish George a speedy recovery.
After college, I went to London to record with Jimmy Webb on a project,
So we went in and we did the album in twelve hours... because we did everything we'd been doing on the road for the last year or so, you know.
So this is America. They must be out of their minds." -Ringo Starr circa 1964, arriving in America for the first time.
So this is America. They must be out of their minds."" -Ringo Starr circa 1964, arriving in America for the first time.
Peace and love! Peace and love! Peace and love!
I feel just good. I feel like I have a purpose,
He and Ravi were great friends, and George just wanted to help,
I've never had any big ideas about being the solo.
Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all over the track. I play with the singer and I can back off.
I'm quite honored by it. They [people] tell me that , 'If it hadn't of been for you, I wouldn't have played drums.' Hey, don't blame me, I was just up there doing my stuff. So no, I never take it as any real pressure.
I've never gone to the bedroom when I was starting out and practiced away.
I made all my mistakes playing with people.