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

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.

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

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.

Life is not meant to follow a pattern. Every moment has a multitude of realms.

Reading enlightens my mind and fills my soul.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.

Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.

America is a country that believes in redemption.

Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away from criminals that shouldn't be having it.

I often think when a man's once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so.

We exist to exhibit God, to display his glory. We serve as canvases for his brush stroke, papers for his pen, soil for his seeds, glimpses of his image.

The purse strings tie us to our kind.