Jason Bonham Quotes

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.

There are no rules that say lawyers cannot write or speak from their heart. Passion has never been formally outlawed, although it is a little-known experience among most lawyers and nearly all academicians.

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

I really create everything I do from the heart.

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

Most of the songs I wrote are personal.

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

I miss the physicality of drumming. There's immediateness about it that I'm always striving for in my acting. Maybe I'm in the wrong profession. I certainly wish I could spend more time pursuing music. It feels like a part of me I'm neglecting.

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

Music is my heart.