Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.

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.

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

Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.

I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.

Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.

Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.

We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.

When the leader goes wayward, the organization goes wayward.

Fire is easy to work with if you keep your mind clear, but pain . . . pain fights back. Pain is alive. Pain is the enemy.

Never marry who doesn't love you, If you do it, your ordeal will turn into hell.

If you think of evil things, you are likely to do evil things and that will never pay you a pesewa. Think of good things and do good always!

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

I love making people uncomfortable, and when people say, 'I cringed watching [that] scene,' that's the biggest compliment you can give me.

Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why.

By remaining exactly the same today as you were yesterday, you are guaranteeing that tomorrow will be no better than today.

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

You can run for cover, you can run for help. You can run to your lover, but you can't ever run from yourself.