Ringo Starr Shares His Secret To Drumming While Accepting Honourary Degree: ‘I Just Hit Them’
etcanada.comAfter being unable to attend the Berklee College of Music graduation ceremony last month to accept an honourary degree, Ringo Starr was finally granted his honourary doctorate at a special ceremony held on Thursday, June 2.
Generally regarded as one of the world’s greatest rock drummers, the former Beatle shared his philosophy on playing drums. “You know, I just hit them.
That’s all I do. I just hit the buggers,” he deadpanned. “And it seems to be, I hit them in the right place.” In his speech, Starr admitted that becoming Dr.
Ringo Starr “blows me away” and felt like “some strange fairy tale.” He also shared a story from his early years as a drum teacher, recalling what he would tell a student who showed no aptitude. “Maybe piano for you,” he would say. READ MORE: Ringo Starr Reveals That He And Paul McCartney ‘Regularly’ FaceTime Each Other Starr recounted first tackling the drums while recovering from tuberculosis when he was a child, and his early gigs performing at the Liverpool factory where he worked. “I just wanted to be a drummer from that moment on,” Starr said. “It was my big dream, and it’s still unfolding.
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