That is a fact. That other quote is bullshit. Get a clue haters.

Some Quotes on Ringo:

Ringo “doesn’t dazzle with flashy technique and pyrotechnics,” says The Cars’ lead guitarist, Elliot Easton. “What he does is so much more elusive and difficult: He plays songs on the drums. Anybody who has sat down behind a drum kit in the last 45 years owes him.”

“Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Ringo’s popularity brought forth a new paradigm in how the public saw drummers. We started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. One of Ringo’s great qualities was that he composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song.” – Drummer Steve Smith

“Starr is vastly underrated. The drum fills on the song “A Day in the Life” are very complex things. You could take a great drummer today and say, ‘I want it like that.’ He wouldn’t know what to do.” – Drummer Phil Collins

“He’s got tremendous feel. He always helped us to hit the right tempo for a song, and gave it that support-that rock-solid back-beat-that made the recording of all The Beatles’ songs that much easier.” – George Martin

Kenny Arnoff — “I consider him one of the greatest innovators of rock drumming and believe that he has been one of the greatest influences on rock drumming today… Ringo has influenced drummers more than they will ever realize or admit. Ringo laid down the fundamental rock beat that drummers are playing today and they probably don’t even realize it. (Modern Drummer,Oct. 1987) . . Ringo always approached the song more like a songwriter than a drummer. He always served the music.” (Modern Drummer, Dec. 1987)

Max Weinberg — “More than any other drummer, Ringo Starr changed my life. The impact and memory of that band on Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 will never leave me. I can still see Ringo in the back moving that beat with his whole body, his right hand swinging off his sock cymbal while his left hand pounds the snare. He was fantastic, but I think what got to me the most was his smile. I knew he was having the time of his life.” (The Big Beat, 1984)

Dave Ballinger — “Technically brilliant drummers do not necessary make good rock drummers. …You don’t have to be a technical Buddy Rich type drummer, you just need to be inventive. He (Ringo) did things I would never have thought of doing.” (interview for Speaking Words of Wisdom)

Police’s Stewart Copeland: “Ringo is the leader in the education for all young drummers of style over flash, always playing the right things rather than a lot of things.”

Having said that these lists are always a matter of opinion anyway.
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OMG…I find it annoying how haters like to use John Lennon’s JOKE as an argument against Ringo. Speaking of John Lennon, here’s what he said about Ringo in Playboy 1980:

Ringo is a damn good drummer. He is not technically good, but I think Ringo’s drumming is underrated the same way Paul’s bass playing is underrated. I think Paul and Ringo stand up with any of the rock musicians. Not technically great — none of us are technical musicians. None of us could read music. None of us can write it. But as pure musicians, as inspired humans to make the noise, they are as good as anybody.

Quotes About Ringo From The Beatles:

“We loved him. And we just thought he was the very best drummer we’d ever seen. And we wanted him in the group. We were big fans of his.” – Paul McCartney, Larry King Interview

“He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles.” – John Lennon on Ringo

“Ringo’s got the best back beat I’ve ever heard and he can play great 24-hours a day.” -George Harrison

“Playing without Ringo is like driving a car on three wheels.” – George Harrison

You’re all too young to appreciate him in his time.