Do you play the Piano? I'm self-taught, learned while working nights at a hotel on the lobby piano.. 
I wish I could play the piano, it is so beautiful! Has it been around for long?
They were invented in Italy in1700 so in the big picture no. No better time to learn then now. 
That seems like a long time haha, but I guess not in the span of all things. Is it hard to learn
of the instrument, which in turn derives from "gravicembalo col piano e forte" and "fortepiano". The Italian musical terms "piano" and "forte" indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and
said, 
“You want to play some jazz at my home?” I said sure. So we got my drum-set to his place. We rehearsed a couple nights a week – drums and piano. These sessions were my lessons with Sal. Then came Ben Johnston. I knocked at his studio door. I went in. There was silence everywhere. He was in his rocking chair, staring out the window. I showed Ben the score I was working on. I played through it on his piano