there was this comedian called Bill Hicks, a total genius (IMHO) who used to tell this tail about sitting in a coffee house reading a book. The gist of the story was the waitress asking him "why are you reading?" and this struck him as a really odd question. Not "What are you reading" but "why".

It is the same thing with the guitar. It is not mystical or religious I just enjoy doing it. I have also been playing for over 20 years and it is a rally big part of my nonprofessional life !