Honestly, I really enjoy diving into Ringo’s earlier interviews, because I feel like out of the four, he showcased a vulnerability and a special ability for grasping and articulating certain emotional nuances that I think truly highlight the band’s dynamic. Take for instance, this quote below from a July 1988 interview of his. It stands as one of my favourite insights into the inner workings and relationships among those four boys in the band, and how these dynamics shaped their music.
INT: I would imagine it was an adjustment personally, but did you feel lost musically?
RINGO: Well, I'd never played with a better band, you see, so I think that's the loss I felt.
INT: Where does one go from the best?
RINGO: It's not even just the best. A lot of it was telepathy. We all felt so close. We knew each other so well that we'd know when any of us would make a move up or down within the music, and we'd all make it. No one would say anything or look at each other; we'd just know. The easiest word is telepathy. The band worked so well, and we were four good friends a lot of the time. But like any four friends, we had rows and shouted and disliked each other for a moment.
Then it ended, and I started playing sessions and had a really good time, but I was just playing. You can play with any band, but that band was something special to me, and it's never been like that again. I've had great sessions, great tracks, but it's never been like that, and you can't expect that if you walk into a studio and play someone's session. You're strangers.
We had all lived together so close; we knew each other so well that it crossed over into the music. We knew exactly what the other was doing. That's even the wrong way to explain it. We just knew that the chemistry worked! The excitement! If things were just jogging along and one of us felt, “I'm going to lift it here,” it was just a feeling that went through the four of us and everyone lifted it, or everyone lowered it, or what-ever. It was just telepathy. When I do sessions now, I'm playing the best I can, and some sessions are really great. But I've never played on anyone's album all the way through, because I always felt it was boring, so I'd do three or four tracks.
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The Beatles hire a toboggan, Austria, 14th March 1965. Photo by Roger Fritz.
'Shot on Sunday, March 14th, 1965, this "toboggan hire" scene for Help! was captured outside of Hotel Eidelweiss in Obertauern, Austria, but was eventually cut from the film.'
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Q: "Have you ever considered suicide?"
John Lennon: "Oh, yes. As a teenager, even, I think everybody sort of thinks about it. I don't remember standing on the edge of a cliff, I've never been that near. But I've considered it. Most of us have been through that. Most have been through things with mothers and fathers; most of us have been through something with religion, or not with religion, whatever; most of us have been isolated or been in love; most of us remembered things and most of us have wondered what love is, you know."
Q: "What is it?"
John Lennon: (singing) "Love is real, real is love..."
Q: "Lovely."
ㅡ John Lennon interview for Kenny Everett, March 27, 1971.
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Carl Perkins describing the first time he played “My Old Friend” for Paul is truly touching, but I’m sorry the fact that part way through Carl goes into detail about how handsome Paul looks and how pretty his cheeks are will always be funny to me.
Scan of the story below:
— Goldmine Magazine, November 1998
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which one is mewing
He’s called the quiet Beatle for a reason
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Why does ringo look EXTRA cutesy in this pic
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