John Bonham Quotes

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

When I got the 'Blue Album,' I was 11 years old, 10 years old, and then I convinced my parents to go and get my first drum kit, which was, like, 600 bucks.

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It was the only instrument that fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into drums when I was six and then started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.

When I was small, my parents came back from Tijuana, and my dad bought me a very small acoustic guitar. I loved it. I started making up my own songs right away.

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

I got my first drum kit when I was six years old.

My little brother played drums, so we had a drum set over at my house.

I took piano lessons and I wanted to play drums when I was six. Luckily enough, my parents let me have a drum kit in my room - which is kind of crazy.

You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom used to teach piano lessons when she was younger. So I can play some piano, play a little drums, and fake the bass - but banjo, mandolin, and guitar are my thing.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I do play drums when I'm on tour.

Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit.

I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.

For me, I guess music has always been the through-line. You know, I played guitar from a really young age, and my dad played, and my cousin gave me a drum kit when I was 13, and I played bass guitar, so, you know, it was definitely always in the house.

I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As I got older and more responsible with holding instruments, I was allowed to play my mom's guitar that she had.

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just happen to be my instrument.

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.