McCartney Times

Ringo Starr offered a modest summary of his career as he accepted an honorary doctorate from the renowned Berklee College of Music.

The Beatles icon gave a short speech along with a quick demonstration of his drumming approach, which can be seen below.

“The idea that I’m a doctor blows me away,” Starr said, before his wife Barbara signalled from the audience that he should remove his mask. “But how great,” he added. “You know, I just him them. That’s all I do — I just hit the buggers, and it seems to be I hit them in the right place!”

He moved to a drum kit set up in his ‘60s layout as he recalled giving lessons in the past. “When I used to teach kids, this is all I asked them to do.” He played a basic four-on-the-floor pattern, continuing: “And if they couldn’t do that, I’d politely hold them by the arm and say, ‘Maybe piano for you!’”

He recalled giving that same lesson to his son, Zak, a member of the Who’s touring lineup since 1996. “A couple of weeks later I thought, ‘I’ll give him another lesson now,’ and lesson two was [a slightly more complex pattern]. And he said, ‘Oh, I can do that, Dad.’ I said, ‘Well, you’re on your own.’ And he turned out pretty good!”

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