•"Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be"

•"So this is America...They must be out of their minds."

•"I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs."

•"I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do."

•"I like kids, I used to be one"

•Q: Ringo, why do you wear two rings on each hand?
Ringo: Because I can't get them through my nose.

•Q: How tall are you?
Ringo: Two feet, nine inches.

•"We'd get in the car and i'd look over at John and say 'Christ. Look at you. You're a bloody phenomenon!' and just laugh because it was only him."

•Press: Do you like topless bathing suits?
Ringo: We've been wearing them for years.

•Press: Are you a mod or a rocker?
Ringo: Um no,I'm a mocker

•Press: Beethoven figures in one of your songs. What do you think of Beethoven?
Ringo: I love him. Especially his poems.

•Press: What did you think when your airplane's engine began smoking as you landed today?
Ringo: Beatles, women, and children first!

•Press: Ringo, what started your practice of wearing six rings at once?
Ringo: Six got to be too heavy.

•Press: Why is it that you, Ringo, get more fanmail than the others?
Ringo: I don't know. I suppose it's because more people write me.

•Press: When are you going to retire?
Ringo: In about 10 minutes

•Press: Who in the world would the Beatles like to meet more than anyone else?
Ringo: The real Santa Claus.

•"They have to paint me red before they chop me. It's a different religion from ours...I think."

•I thought she was a sandwich, till she went spare on me hand."

•"Tomorrow Never Knows."

•"I became a drummer because it's the only thing I could do. But whenever I hear another drummer, I know I'm no good.....I'm not good on the technical things, but I'm good with all the motions, swinging my head, like."