Mice are very difficult to do front on, but they have nicely human little hands and feet, and whiskers and tails are great for expressing emotion.

It's great to be working. Every morning, I wake up and pinch myself.

We back it up with kick-ass playing. We put a hell of a lot of emotion behind what we do, even if we didn't write it. Me personally, I'm always thinking about what John Bonham was doing the whole time I'm playing, but it has to come through me. There is a part of us in what we do.

It's human to want to get your hands in it.

Wash your hands often, your feet seldom, and your head never.

I tread on the m che' with my feet and I sometimes use my teeth, and of course my hands are always working. I am also using my mind when I work. I sometimes have to talk with the material so I can figure out the character of what I'm making.