Don't listen to people telling you something is hard or that you need to study some amount of theory before getting started. Find an instrument you like the sound of and play it.
Focus less on the tools and more on enjoying yourself.
Focus less on the tools and more on enjoying yourself.
I'm interested in composition, not traditional performance. Is there a route to learning and making music without learning to play a physical, analog instrument?
And it can help to have a basic understanding of an instrument but it's not specifically a requirement. For example you could download a software synth and start messing around with that. If you're sufficiently motivated, you could pick up an M-Audio USB keyboard for cheap.
That said, you can learn a lot on your own. There's no right or wrong approach so you should feel free to take the route you're most comfortable with.