I met The Beatles while we were playing in Germany. We'd seen them in Liverpool, but they were a nothing little band then, just putting it together. In fact, they weren't really a band at all.

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.

Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.

Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.

Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.

I find Mexico exciting to visit, but I think [it] is looked down upon. Mexico is not a very respected place, unless you're Mexican, and even then it's something of a love/hate relationship.

Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.

My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being.

Russia has two bases outside of Russia. America has 178 military bases throughout the world. Who's the aggressor?

I like when people take chances.