My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued running around in teddyboy gangs. Today, well... I'd probably be a laborer. I'm glad I'm not, of course. It'll be nice to be part of history... some sort of history anyway. What I'd like to be is in school history books and be read by kids.

The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

I'm a musician and I'm really blessed, because in my life if I can hold the sticks, I can play.

I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.

They said do what you want, because if we don't like it no one will hear it.

The point is it is amazing that the generations have joined in the Beatle madness and love the music. Who knew?