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

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.

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

Forgiving unforgivable things is real forgiveness.Loving unlovable things is real love.Seeing someone’s inner most monster and choosing to stay is true loyalty. (It’s not something everyone can do)

Love and laughter are stronger than cancer.

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and stuff, so that's work.

We can all learn to live jubilantly. We can all learn to alter our attitudes so that we can better realize our dreams.

I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.