1. We have a guitar, or some other kind of musical toy
2. We don’t know how to say it if it doesn’t rhyme
3. We don’t know how to make science
4. Our parents discourage it
5. It’s louder than poems
6. It makes us feel amazing
7. We long for the rock star lifestyle
8. We can’t afford to buy existing music
9. Our older and cooler friends do it
10. It’s medicine for the soul
11. It fills the gaps between meals
12. It makes us appear sexier
13. It helps us express our inner thoughts and feelings
14. It helps us make friends
15. It’s less time consuming than making movies
16. There’s a great, gaping void in our lives when we don’t
17. David Bowie
18. To drown out the sound of our neighbours
19. It gives us an excuse to travel. Constantly.
20. It give us an excuse to drink. Constantly.
21. If you get good at it, people say nice things – like ‘wow, aren’t you good!?’
22. Bad teachers said it was a waste of time
23. Good teachers said we could do anything we put our minds to
24. Free drinks at open mic nights
25. To collect (and never get rid of) jack leads
26. To have something cool to say at reunions
27. To write sarcastic songs in a secret, metaphorical code, and sing them at our enemies without them knowing
28. Because we love the rush
29. Because the world sounds better when we do
30. Because we can’t not
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