I've been drawing from childhood.
But then music came along ...Since music has much more impact, i knew this was the vehicle to express myself. So I listened very carefully, not in a technical way, but emotionally. I found out about British progressive Rock and Frank Zappa, which broadened my perception and made me look beyond the mainstream pop.
I play all instruments, except drums for which I use drumloops in order to try to arrange them to my taste.
For guitars, I use an Epiphone Les Paul ...