As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster

I love drums and still play frequently.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.