I'd like to go on record as saying I really dig playing music and writing songs. I love being in a band whether it's my band or somebody else's band, doesn't matter...like it. I starting writing songs in high school, before I could even play guitar. I always had songs in my head buzzing around, still do. I hung around musicians and bands and desparately wanted to play in one, though I couldn't play anything. I started playing bass, it looked easy, only four strings, no chords. Eventually I got into guitar and bought a used acoustic which I still own and which is still my main squeeze, though I have owned or borrowed tons of guitars since. All my friends were musicians, though they were all at the end of their careers after high school when I was just getting going.

yes, except when I play dead which is only when I'm training my dog.