Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

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

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

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 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.

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.

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

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.