We all went mad separately, but we had each other, and we all came through gradually. It was hard enough, and thank God, there were four of us to keep each other in some sort of reality.
So to go from nothing to the biggest thing in life – you can’t handle it. I played a lot of hours to get where I am, and it was a gradual build-up. It’s a pity that a lot of the reality singing shows – somebody gets a shot for a minute, and even the winner seldom lasts more than a year. Starr: Nothing shocks me, no – not on TV. I like to sort of work my way into the day, and then whatever comes along, I say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to.
I like to get up early, and I don’t like to get up and get right at it. Starr: You get up in the morning and you start the day. But I LOVE hanging out with musicians and playing my drums.ĬNN: What drives you after having such a long career? When I’m not doing that, I like to paint, I like to watch TV, I like to go to the cinema, I like to do all that stuff. I like to write songs, and I like to collaborate with other writers. I love to play, I love to hang out with musicians and I like to make records, actually. Ringo Starr: The inspiration behind the CD is that’s what I do. He produced it himself and recorded it in Los Angeles with a number of his buddies, including producers Don Was and Dave Stewart and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, who also happens to be his brother-in-law.īelow is a portion of CNN’s conversation with Starr about his new CD, his relationship with McCartney and whether there will ever be a Beatles reunion.ĬNN’s Kareen Wynter: What was your inspiration behind the new album? In recent weeks, Starr has been busy promoting “Ringo 2012,” his 17th solo album. “He jumped up to do the Beatle track, ‘Birthday.’ Nobody told me that he snuck in, and that he rehearsed with the band.” “I had no idea he was coming,” he recalls. Starr remains touched that Macca showed up at his 70th birthday party at Radio City Music Hall.
As one of two surviving Beatles, people are treating him like a living treasure – and these days, he and Paul McCartney seem to be treasuring each other. We thought it was hard, but not compared to today.” The celebrity of today is so documented that I think it’s a lot harder now. Then, Paul and I would go on holiday, or John and I would go on holidays, and we’d be fine. “There was no one bigger than us, and we were put upon. “I feel like it’s harder now for the celebrities,” he tells CNN Entertainment Correspondent Kareen Wynter. celebrity now – this from the perspective of a man who has been famous for nearly 50 years. Looking at least a decade younger than his 71 years, Starr settles into the corner of a couch and talks about celebrity then vs. This is where the Fab Four stayed when they first came to Hollywood in 1964, no doubt trailed by dozens of screaming girls and photographers as they ushered in the British Invasion. It’s fitting that CNN’s interview with the iconic music star is taking place at an iconic hotel, which is like a second home to the former Beatle. He’s also driven himself to the hotel and arrived alone – no entourage, no bodyguard, no assistant, no fuss. It’s his sack lunch, and he’s packed it himself. Ringo Starr walks into the hotel suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel carrying a brown paper bag.
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