ˈæftɚ hˈɪɹɪŋ ðə bˈiːɾəlz, hiː dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd tə tˈeɪk ˌʌp dɹˈʌmz, bɪkˈʌz ʌv wʌt hiː dᵻskɹˈaɪbz æz "ðə pˌɑːsəbˈɪlᵻɾi, haʊˈɛvɚɹ ʌnlˈaɪkli ðˈæt mˌaɪthɐv bˌɪn, ʌv jˈʌŋ ɡˈɜːlz tʃˈeɪsɪŋ mˌiː dˌaʊn ðə stɹˈiːt, ɪf aɪ tˈʊk ˌʌp ðə dɹˈʌmz."
After hearing The Beatles, he decided to take up drums, because of what he describes as "the possibility, however unlikely that might have been, of young girls chasing me down the street, if I took up the drums."