Richard Starkey always had dreams of being a musician 鈥� long before he took up the drums, joined and became . But his career didn't end when the band broke up.
"I was asked many times to write my autobiography, but basically, people only want the eight years I was in The Beatles. They're not really interested in my before life or after life," Starr says. "There would be 10 volumes before I got to The Beatles."
Starr's 17th solo album, Ringo 2012, is out this week. Here, he discusses it with NPR's David Greene.
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