No, the guy who got you sick and caused a Beatle to cancel his tour, I clarify.
Weve only met, and Ive had an immediate glimpse into Starrs personality and playful sense of humor.
Before he was a Beatle, the former Richard Starkey was aBeatlesfan.
But hes also been afilmand TV actor a younger generation knows him mostly as Mr.
Conductor from the PBS seriesShining Time Station and has published nine books, including this yearsBeats & Threads.
Starr turned down the offer of assistance.
And in much more dramatic words, he recalls, I said to Jeff, Iamthe click.
When did the new song Rewind Forward start to take shape?
One of my producers said, We need a song with rewind in it.
My mouth is faster than my brain.
All my life, strange things like that have come out, like the phrase hard days night.
I said, This is all people will talk about.
Theyll keep asking me what it means.
And it means that you rewind to a space that was happy, and then you go forward.
Which makes perfect sense now.
There are very strong emotional and cognitive links between music and memory.
Are there songs that bring back specific moments in your life?
Yeah, and on a daily basis, it could be this song or that one.
I have great memories of my stepdad, who was a fan of big bands.
When I hear big band music, I think of him.
And when I drum, it always has a swing to it.
Thats what he gave me, all those years ago.
I was playing my music to him one day, and he said, Have you heard this?
And he played me Sarah Vaughn.
I did that with my children too thats how important that moment with my stepdad was to me.
If my kids played me their music, Id say, Have you heard this?
We all learned a lot.
Youve got to hear this, Dad.
Its this guy named Ray Charles!
And it was Ray Charles big band.
I didnt say, Eh, Ive heard hundreds of big band records.
I took the position, well, lets hear it together.
We both swing, yeah.
Charlie was even straighter than me.
He played less than me, which isnt easy to do.
How did the new Paul song on your album, Feeling the Sunlight, come about?
Paul and I were in England, having dinner together [along with our wives].
