Ringo Starr "Was Mad For 20 Years" Following Beatles Split, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Says He Turned To Alcohol After Breakup

"I was mad," the 74-year-old told them. "For 20 years. I was drunk. I didn't notice...some of those years are absolutely gone."

The former Fab Four drummer now lives in Los Angeles and lives a simpler lifestyle.

"I do live healthily," Starr said. "I'm a vegetarian and I eat a lot of kale and broccoli. And a lot of berries. It works for me."

Now, for the first time in 25 years, Starr reunited his All-Star Band in the studio for his 18th album Postcards from Paradise, which features contributions from Steve Lukather, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton and more.

The album serves as an autobiography because Starr never wrote a memoir. He told Billboard that publishing houses "were only interested in the eight years I was in the Beatles."

He explained that the idea came to him "starting with Liverpool 8" that he was "going to write snippets of my life on each album. One track on each is dedicated to memories of the past, incidents of the past."

Starr will be joined by fellow 2015 induction members Lou Reed, Green Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, "5" Royales, Bill Withers and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame ceremony this weekend. HBO will premiere a broadcast of the event on May 30.

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