Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest..

With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long ….

I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I di….

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried b….

People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me..

My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine..

I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan..

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in bli….

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse.

Nowadays you can't be loud enough!.

I've wanted to be a drummer since I was about five years old. I used to play on a bath salt container with wires on the bottom, and on a round coffee….

I've always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument - nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it's always been drums fir….

Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous..

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory..

Most of it was nuts, but I was determined to be a drummer as soon as I left school..

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars..

I'm the Best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world..

I don't consider that I'm particularly influenced by anyone or anything. But when I started playing, I was influenced by early soul. It was just that….

I think the marketing needs work..

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at..

Brushes..? Nah. Hit 'em as hard as you can..