Did people in your life have an influence on you developing this skill?
i was able to hear a lot of music on records (and through the television of course, paired with visuals in such a way that i may not even realize until decades later just how crucial the audio-visual relationship is) and i will confess i also had access to a piano/keyboard instrument, and a drum set. There were also guitars around, but i've always been a bit overwhelmed/intimitated by guitars. having an extremely early start, it was pretty natural to find myself in many many personal and professional music relationships with peers (well at first it was usually people much older than me because i was so young to start)