Beatles' Ringo Starr was inspired to write Octopus's Garden after 'leaving the band'
The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr was inspired to write one of his most famous tracks, Octopus's Garden, after briefly leaving the band.
The 84-year-old rock star left the Fab Four during the recording of The White Album, after he got the sense that his bandmates, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison were getting along better without him.
Speaking on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Starr confirmed he wrote one of his best-known songs during his break.
He said: "It came because on the White Album, I left the band. And I left the band because I didn’t think I was really part of it or playing great and I went and knocked on John [Lennon]’s door and said ‘I feel you three are so close, and I’m out of it,’ and he said ‘I thought it was you three.’
“And then I went to Paul [McCartney]’s and I said ‘I gotta tell you I feel like I’m not part of the band and I’m not playing good and you three are really close’ and he replied ‘I thought it was you three’.
Source: themirror.com/Hannah Furnell
