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.
Ringo StarrMy 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.
Ringo StarrPeople only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life works, but it's not bugging me anymore.
Ringo StarrThis 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.
Ringo Starr