Hello Steven and welcome to the site...
I think your love for the guitar will determine you to pick it up and never quit again.There is no other way.You don't have to be musically inclined to start playing the guitar and the love you mention can really work miracles!I am also a calssic rock lover!...Good luck trying to learn the guitar.Any questions you might have shall meet their answers in this site,there will always be someone to help you out.So,what are you waiting for??
All the best,
Theo