John Bonham Quotes

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

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 hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.

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 blisters.

If we’d have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we’re upset about it, they’ll say money is all we care about.

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