fristly, i just want to play for myself too, but as of now, 2 years of learning have given me the knowlegde to play about 6 hlafs of songs, i cant even play an entire song, and i don thave any friends that play the guitar, i dont really have any friends, my problem is i dont have any music theory background, i have no clue how everything fits together, and i already have a style, though i cant play yet, i know what i want to play..... and its not that im afraid of lessons, i cant get them! im not alloud to, i dont think i could stress that anymore... oh well... anywho...