I got into music very early on, knew I wanted to be a musician, but no idea what to play. I started on trumpet, but was told I "didn't have the lips". I moved to sax, was pretty fair in that (enough to do All-State for three years anyways), but noticed that as New Wave and metal took over the radio in the 80's ... there was no sax in most of that. (Pink Floyd, you lied to me!)
My best friend got a guitar, so I got a bass. Got pretty good at that too. But we could not find anyone who was a competent drummer. I began to get curious about the drums until I finally sat down at a drumset for the first time with some other musicians in the room. I played along to them in a jam for nearly ten minutes, and that was that.
While I still occasionally play the bass, the drums have been my thing for going on 25 years now... and I'm looking forward to the next 25... and the 25 after that!