Ringo Starr: 'I'll retire when I can't hold a drum stick'
Published Wednesday, Feb 1 2012
By Justin Harp
Ringo Starr has insisted that he has no plans to retire.
The Beatles drummer celebrated his 71st birthday last July, but recently told USA Today that he doesn't need to stop performing in order to enjoy his golden years.
"As long as I can hold the sticks, I can play… I want to put a jam band together, where we do a two-minute song and a 40-minute fade like the Grateful Dead," Starr quipped.
He went on to say: "I joke that I'll end up in a blues band and play very, very slow."
Starr also praised his wife of 32 years, Barbara Bach, for keeping him alive and healthy by urging him to give up alcohol decades ago.
"There have been bad times, but I don't care how bad it gets as long as it's me and her. I love the woman. She loves me," he beamed. "Some days, I tell her, 'You've got to leave me. I want to leave me'. She says, 'I'll never leave you'. There's nothing better."
The Beatles drummer celebrated his 71st birthday last July, but recently told USA Today that he doesn't need to stop performing in order to enjoy his golden years.
"As long as I can hold the sticks, I can play… I want to put a jam band together, where we do a two-minute song and a 40-minute fade like the Grateful Dead," Starr quipped.
He went on to say: "I joke that I'll end up in a blues band and play very, very slow."
Starr also praised his wife of 32 years, Barbara Bach, for keeping him alive and healthy by urging him to give up alcohol decades ago.
"There have been bad times, but I don't care how bad it gets as long as it's me and her. I love the woman. She loves me," he beamed. "Some days, I tell her, 'You've got to leave me. I want to leave me'. She says, 'I'll never leave you'. There's nothing better."
Starr recently released 17th solo studio album Ringo 2012, which features his collaborations withDave Stewart and Joe Walsh of The Eagles.
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