When I was a kid I had a ukelele (as a toy really), then I saw Eric Clapton play when I was 8. Since then there's been nothing else I really wanted to do. Although the initial classical lessons weren't exactly what I'd had in mind, they laid a good foundation.

I wanted to play like Clapton, then I saw Eddie Van Halen, then Satriani/Vai... I guess I want to be that good... but even as I catch some of them up, all I find is more. I don't think I'd ever want to exhaust it anyway....