HE is, he says, amazed that he survived the Swinging Sixties – and
the madness that followed the Summer of Love.
Ringo Starr will 72 years old in July, and it’s an age he thought he’d never reach.
Hell’s bells, he was worried about what state he’d be in when he was 64, when he got older, losing his hair, many years from then.
So when he sat down to write Slow Down, the closing track on his new album Ringo 2012, mortality was on his mind.
“We survived the madness of the 1960s, and the substance abuse of the 70s and 80s, and we lost a lot of people,” he says.
“We’re still losing a lot of people.
“I’m personally blessed that I got through that situation.
“Life is too fast but, d’you know what, I’m in it for the long haul. I know about life in the fast lane, so I keep fit and healthy and thank God for these extra couple of years.
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