United Kingdom, March 19 -- Ringo Starr's children are "fed up" with him threatening to retire.

The 84-year-old musician - who has Zak, 59, and Jason, 57, and daughter Lee, 54, with late ex-wife Maureen - admitted that every time he comes off a tour, he tells his kids that he is going to throw in the towel but then something else always comes up to entice him back to the stage.

He told this week's edition of People magazine: "Sometimes when I finish a tour, I'm like, 'That's the end for me.' And all my children say, 'Oh, Dad, you've told us that for the last 10 years.' And they get fed up with me.

"I do feel, 'Oh, that's got to be enough,' and then I get a phone call: 'We've got a few gigs if you're interested.' Okay, we're off again!"...