The essence of Bonham is what he didn't play rather than what he did play - what he left out.

To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.

Alice Cooper's weirdnesses must really make the kids feel violent. These kids are like my sister, young people of 14 or so who've come to enjoy themselves. So you put things like that in front of them, and I don't think it's right.

I live with the people I've always lived with. I'm quite content.

I think The Song Remains The Same is such a load of old bollocks.

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

I like to make my voice sound like a piece of tin that's been stuck on the side of a chair, lifted up as far as it would go and then let to spring - "doooiiinng." I like to make it into a piece of metal from time to time and I can do it, both with the movements in my throat and with, uh, my little toys... So I like to take it beyond just a voice, more into the realms of a weapon.