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.

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.

To feel more fulfilled your actions and activities need to be in alignment with what you deem important.

A Speechmaker's Prayer: "Let each word of mine be tender and sweet, Just in case someone might make me eat it.

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

Making love to a woman is like buying real estate: location, location, location.

It works for me, the way I play drums and the things I do but I also would like to know proper technique. Mainly for health - to last longer, be able to play longer.

God is the pain of the fear of death

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to clean.

It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it.