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.

When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here.

This was the point of our lives when we found pills, uppers. That's the only way we could continue playing for so long. They were called Preludin, and you could buy them over the counter. We never thought we were doing anything wrong, but we'd get really wired and go on for days. So with beer and Preludin, that's how we survived.

In 1989 I sort of got back into the music business and one of the reasons I got back in is [that] I put the first All Stars band together. It's actually progressed from that every other year, or every two years, I've put that together...more and more realizing that's what I do.

I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, '59 I got called Ringo.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.

I get on with kids and I feel that's because I am one.