Ringo Starr Quotes
I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
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The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.
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It's a long road to the Derby, but I think he's got the capabilities to do it, ... He's never done anything that would make us second guess him, and hopefully we can keep on going.
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I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it, you usually have to reference things they have seen.
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This is the age of oddities let loose.
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We went to all the local radio stations. We even went all the way down to Detroit, into Windsor.
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I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
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I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.
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I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.
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Now, the question of the hour is, "Who's got the Pandorica?" Answer: I do. Next question: Who's coming to take it from me? Come on! Look at me! No plan, no back-up, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else, I don't have anything to lose! So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing: Let somebody else try first.
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The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.
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After a brain bath was ready to be loved over time and now I think the void is a normal place...
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I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear them. Finally the Foo Fighters stuff happened when I just went to the studio down the street from my house and recorded some stuff in about five or six days, and all these people wanted to release it as an album. I wanted to release it on my own, with no photos and no names on it.
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And rock being a male-dominated, testosterone-driven place that I've been in the eye of the hurricane now for several years, I realized that it can be a place that can perpetuate homophobic behavior unless it's addressed by bands like us.
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My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
