There's an old guitar playing joke that goes something like this: A child says to his mom, “Mommy, mommy! When I grow up, I want to be a guitar player”, to which the mother responds, “Now Johnny, you can't do both!” Well, you can grow up and be a guitar player, but that's not my point. The point is that just like Johnny, this is pretty much how many people imagine guitar playing to be: it's easy, and any fool can learn it. This is silly common misconception.
