John Bonham

If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

I think the marketing needs work.

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

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…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

I've always liked drums to be bright and powerful. I've never used cymbals much. I use them to crash into a solo…

— John Bonham

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

I was so keen to play when I left school, I'd have played for nothing. In fact, I did that for a…

— John Bonham

I had a group with Nicky James, an incredible lead singer. But we had so much of the equipment on hire-purchase, we'd…

— John Bonham

When I first joined the group, I didn't know Jimmy, and I felt a bit shy. He was the big star, and…

— John Bonham

We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired.…

— John Bonham

Nowadays you can't be loud enough!

— John Bonham

When I left school I went into the trade with my Dad. He had a building business, and I used to like…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

I swore to Pat that I'd give up drumming when we got married, but every night I'd come home and just sit…

— John Bonham

Sometimes touring gets a bit wearing, but that's only I'm married with kids at home. I've never gotten pissed off with the…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

I've wanted to be a drummer since I was about five years old. I used to play on a bath salt container…

— John Bonham

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

— John Bonham

I really like to yell out when I'm playing. I yell like a bear to give it a boost. I like our…

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham