Most Of It Was Nuts, But I

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.

My Nerves Before A Gig Got Worse; I Had Terrible Bad Nerves All The Time. Once We Started... I Was Fine.

Mistreating Your Drum Set Is Just One Step Below Child Abuse

I've Wanted To Be A Drummer Since I Was About Five Years Old. I Used To Play On A Bath Salt Container With Wires On The Bottom, And On A Round Coffee Tin With A Loose Wire Fixed To It To Give A Snare Drum Effect. Plus There Were Always My Mum's Pots And Pans. When I Was Ten, My Mum Bought Me A Snare Drum. My Dad Bought Me My First Full Drum Kit When I Was 15. It Was Almost Prehistoric. Most Of It Was Rust.

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.