Since about the age of 12 or 13, watching my older brother practice drums, I developed the habit of tapping out rhythms and figures wiith my hands and feet, a habit that has stuck with me for the following 70 years. Probably as they carry my coffin away they'll hear tapping from inside. I went on to borrow his kit to play school gigs & dances for a year or two, before I turned to other instruments. I think having that rhythm background was always useful to me.
