After 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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