Beatle Ringo Starr reflects on spreading 'peace and love' following the '60s: 'It was part of how we felt'

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Ringo Starr has made "peace and love" his personal mantra – and he wouldn’t have it any other way. The beloved Beatle told Fox News Digital during a press launch ahead of his All-Starr Band’s first North American tour since 2019 that it’s never been more important to spread the message. "Well it’s always been important – and I do spread the message," said the 81-year-old. "I mean, you look at the photos in the ‘60s, we’re all doing this.

We loved ’66 when flower power was coming in. It was such a change in those years – people with flowers and loving each other." The English drummer is rarely photographed without flashing the peace sign.

It is believed the heartfelt statement is connected to the Maharishi, the Indian spiritual leader the Beatles famously visited in 1968.

It has stayed with Starr as his career and music evolved as an artist. Ringo Starr has made peace and love his personal mantra. (RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) "There were a few bad moments, like Kent State and things like that, but we just went right for it," said Starr about the 1970 massacre where the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students at a war protest at Kent State University.