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

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

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.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

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

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.

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.