John Bonham

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at. ↗

— John Bonham

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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. ↗

— John Bonham

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

— John Bonham

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Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous. ↗

— John Bonham

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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. ↗

— John Bonham

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I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained. ↗

— John Bonham

#done #drained #during #enough #feeling

If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we're upset about it, they'll say money is all we care about. ↗

— John Bonham

#care #meant #money #nothing #rich

We once did six tours of America in 15 months. ↗

— John Bonham

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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. ↗

— John Bonham

#different #ever #every #every night #fly

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. ↗

— John Bonham

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