C'est vrai. I am a lifelong classical pianist (self taught) and I picked up the electric guitar at the tender age of 23; I think it is the most expressive instrument except for maybe the human voice. You can check out some recordings I made a few years ago
here, after I'd been playing for 1.5 - 2.5 years. Haha I used to play like max volume on the guitar all the time as you can hear in these recordings (little noisy) and played against cheesy backing tracks =) Enjoy! If you twist my arm you might be able to talk me into recording something new - my playing is quite a bit different now!
I like most classic guitar rock (Hendrix, Floyd, Zeppelin, etc) but the stuff that really gets me hard is virtuoso playing (assuming it's not stupid music like most Steve Vai or whatever). Check out Shawn Lane (not his speed demonstrations on youtube, I'm talking his actual albums) particularly his work with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe. I'm crazy about Jason Becker. I dig the jam band scene a little bit and have seen Gov't Mule and Phish a few times each.
I can play Chopin as well as a holocaust jew, if not better.