I used to wish I could write songs like the others - and I've tried but I just can't. I get the words all right, but whenever I think of a tune and sing it to the others they always say 'Yeah, it always sounds like such a thing' and when they point it out I see what they mean. But I did get a part credit as a composer on one - it was called What Goes On.

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

We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s.

Every night there's a moment that I just wanna go back to bed. I just get nervous. Then I run on (stage) and as soon as I grab the mic then I'm fine.

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.