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"Ringo Starr has insisted that he has no plans to retire. The Beatles drummer celebrated his 71st birthday last July, but recently told USA Today that he doesn&amp;#039;t need to stop performing in order to enjoy his golden years. &amp;quot;As long as I can hold the sticks, I can play\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 I want to put a jam band together, where we do a two-minute song and a 40-minute fade like the Grateful Dead,&amp;quot; Starr quipped. He went on to say: &amp;quot;I joke that I&amp;#039;ll end up in a blues band and play very, very slow.&amp;quot; Starr also praised his wife of 32 years, Barbara Bach, for keeping him alive and healthy by urging him to give up alcohol decades ago. &amp;quot;There have been bad times, but I don&amp;#039;t care how bad it gets as long as it&amp;#039;s me and her. I love the woman. She loves me,&amp;quot; he beamed. &amp;quot;Some days, I tell her, &amp;#039;You&amp;#039;ve got to leave me. I want to leave me&amp;#039;. She says, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;ll never leave you&amp;#039;. There&amp;#039;s nothing better.&amp;quot;  Starr recently released 17th solo studio album Ringo 2012, which features his collaborations with Dave Stewart and Joe Walsh of The Eagles. &amp;gt; Ringo Starr: &amp;#039;Musicians have to embrace digital technology&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Paul McCartney: &amp;#039;Ringo should be knighted&amp;#039; Watch Ringo Starr and Carl Perkins perform &amp;#039;Honey Don&amp;#039;t&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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