He has described how, as a teenager, he formed a rock band that associated with black artists and wanted to rebel against the apartheid system, at a time when he in fact had virtually no interaction with black people. He attended the then Witwatersrand University for a year.
As a teenager, he founded a rock band that connected with black artists and aimed to defy the apartheid system, although he had limited interactions with black people during this period. He attended the former Witwatersrand University for a single academic year.