Quotes by John Bonham

John Bonham

Brushes..? Nah. Hit ’em as hard as you can.

Brushes

Ems

Hard

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

Drummer

Drumming

Lethal Weapon

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.

Blow

Drinking

Tired

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.

Feels

Soul

Sound

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory.

Quality

Qualms

Qualms About

I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It’s great if you can write things down.

Groups

Silly

Writing

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.

Hands

Long

Night

I think the marketing needs work.

Marketing

Needs

Thinking

I’m the Best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world.

Keith

Moon

World

I’ve always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument – nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it’s always been drums first and foremost. I don’t reckon on this Jack-of-all-trades thing. I thing that felling is a lot more important than technique. It’s all very well doing a triple paradiddle – but who’s going to know you’ve done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It’s being original that counts.

Guitar

Important

Play

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Dad

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Drinking

Drummer

Drumming

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Enough

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Hands

Hard

Important

Keith

Lad

Lethal Weapon

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Long

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Loud

Marketing

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Nerves

Night

Nuts

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Quotes by John Bonham

John Bonham

Brushes..? Nah. Hit ’em as hard as you can.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

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.

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.

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory.

I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It’s great if you can write things down.

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.

I think the marketing needs work.

I’m the Best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world.

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