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. — John Bonham Copy Share Image
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… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest. — John Bonham Copy Share Image
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… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine. — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I usually play for twenty minutes, and the longest I've ever done was under thirty. It's a long time, but when I'm playing it… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I've always liked drums to be bright and powerful. I've never used cymbals much. I use them to crash into a solo and out… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
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… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I was so keen to play when I left school, I'd have played for nothing. In fact, I did that for a long time,… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I had a group with Nicky James, an incredible lead singer. But we had so much of the equipment on hire-purchase, we'd get stopped… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
When I first joined the group, I didn't know Jimmy, and I felt a bit shy. He was the big star, and had been… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
