RINGO STARR : "PAUL IS THE BROTHER I NEVER HAD"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ringo Starr : "Paul IS the Brother I Never Had'...“As an only child, suddenly I got three brothers," Ringo said of The Beatles in AARP's December 2023/January 2024 cover story

Ringo Starr is grateful and opened up in the interview about how he thought of his bandmates as his “brothers” — and revealed how much he values the close relationship that remains between him and Paul McCartney. “Paul loves me as much as I love him,” “He’s the brother I never had.” Ringo said. 

 

In a video interview released along with the cover story, Ringo also sung his praises of McCartney’s work ethic and credited him for the amount of celebrated output that The Beatles released during their time as a group from 1962 to 1970: 

“Paul loved to work more than all of us,” he shared in the clip. “John and I would be, like, hanging out in the garden and the phone would ring and we knew it was him.”
“‘Hey lads, should we go into the studio?” ‘Alright, yeah,’” he continued, making an impression of the interaction. “I’ve always thanked him for being that guy because otherwise we’d have put, like, three albums out and vanished.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“As an only child, suddenly I got three brothers. We looked out for each other” .
“John wrote several songs for me over the years, and George too,” he said, referring to tracks like “Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help from My Friends,” which Lennon and McCartney wrote, and the Harrison-penned “Photograph” from 1973’s Ringo, among others. 

“I used to be a rock drummer, and then they ruined my whole career,” he joked while laughing. “‘With a Little Help’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’ are the reasons I’m onstage every night.” 

“We all went mad at different times. You can’t imagine what it was like, being in The Beatles. It got bigger and crazier.”