Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

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

I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.

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.

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.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

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