Starting at age five on piano, ten on the violin. Also took two years of voice lessons after I was grown, became a piano player and choir director at a Unitarian fellowship.
Nobody had to force me to practice. I have always loved practicing. Yes, I had natural talent, but everyone has to practice to get good. An hour to an hour and a half a day is reasonable. More if you're really serious.
I can also type like a fiend, thanks to the finger training from piano lessons and the fact that when you take piano lessons from an early age, your brain learns to work each hand and finger independently.
I think Bruce Springsteen has started a non-profit to help put music and musical instruments back in the schools. I went to a large suburban high school that had excellent music programs. Orchestra and classical music was basically all I cared about.
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