I always loved the tone of stringed instruments (violin,guitar,cello,oud,sitar,etc.) , and I had a nice musical background in my family , some of my aunts/uncles played instruments as a hobby (but unfortunately none is a professional musician) , so I played piano (and a little accordion) in my childhood .
Then as a teenage Rock/Metal-head in the mid 90's , I picked up the guitar at 14 (I'm 20 now).