Ringo Starr : (5) " Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later. " - Ringo Starr " That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end. " - Ringo Starr " Well, I’m getting happier all the time, which is very nice. " - Ringo Starr " And so we went away to play, and we’d come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this – ‘cuz we did it for two years. And then we’d go to Germany, and that’s where I met the Beatles. " - Ringo Starr " We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. " - Ringo Starr