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I wanted to be a professional drummer.

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

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

Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.

I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old.

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.