Sir Ringo Starr 'only wants to be in a band'
Beatles legend Sir Ringo Starr has insisted he "only wants to be in a band" because he hates the thought of performing on his own.
Sir Ringo Starr "only wants to be in a band".
The Beatles drummer has been touring with his group Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band since the 1980s, and the thought of him being "out there on my own" is something he hates.
He told The Sunday Times newspaper: "I only want to be in a band. I don’t want to be out on my own. There’s no way you can go out there and do 'Yesterday' just on drums."
Ringo's latest project is a new country album called 'Look Up', which is a collaboration with famed producer T.Bone Burnett, who helped write nine of the record's 11 songs.
The music legend admitted he had no plan to make a country album until Burnett recently sent him a song which he couldn't resist.
He added to the publication: "There was no plan to make a country record. He sent me this beautiful country track, and that blows me away even today.
"I thought he’d be sending me a rock-pop sort of song, because you’re just in that world."
Ringo - who previously released a country-inspired album called 'Beaucoups of Blues' in 1970 - went on to reveal he thinks country music has changed in recent years most notably with Beyonce's recent release 'Cowboy Carter'.
He said: "It’s just popped up. I mean, in a pop music sort of way. I know Beyonce made a record and it was No 1 for, like, 10 years. But no, I haven’t heard it.”"
