For me, it was because my Dad had an old electric guitar (a Conrad, anyone heard of those?) sitting around and I picked it up one day to just make some noise to see what it was all about. I've been playing everyday for the last 15 years since. I remember the first song I learned was Queensryche's Silent Lucidity (go ahead and laugh, I do). I figured it out by watching the video on MTV, when it was still MTV......I just remember falling in love with the guitar the first time I touched one.....