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

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.

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

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 before.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

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

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

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

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

Nowadays you can't be loud enough!

I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything.

Nature answers every question.

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

If there is any emergence of a fourth party in British politics, it is the task of the Liberal Party to strangle it at birth.

Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.