Leadership Quote by 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 if we…

— 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 was 30…

— 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 playing it…

— 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 and out…

— John Bonham

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

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

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

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