I grew up in a musical household. Mom was a music teacher and church choir director. We were always singing. A friend (Walter Hook) gave me his old guitar when he graduated high school (I was in 11th grade) and I started teaching myself songs I already knew by heart (not the band "Heart", but mainly Beatles). Mom, having good taste in music, bought both the first AND second Led Zeppelin albums when they came out ('68 and '69) and I was HOOKED! Zeppelin is a whole lot harder to play than the Beatles, but the Beatles definitely have their moments as well.