I think I wrote my first “song” when I was about 12. I started banging on a piano around age 6, took up guitar a few years later, and am still picking up new instruments and learning them as a hobby. My older brother and I started a “band” with me on a Casio keyboard / donated crappy organ and him on various percussion like drums; meaning gas cans, a piece of sheet metal, and various other non musical items. My dad was a Baptist preacher, so i played organ at church from a young age, despite not having any musical training. Non religious music was forbidden, so I got into Christian rock as the primary source of musical interest, outside of sneaking around listening to a Sony headset radio to listen to taboo pop.