You are one of my people... I'm the same way. I play music constantly, and I'll jump from classical, to jazz, to hip hop, to everything else. When I'm feeling sad, music makes me happy, if I'm already happy it makes me happier, when I'm worried listening to music, and especially playing, quiets my mind. There's this quote by Tom Waits, something like "I love beautiful melodies that tell me terrible things" and that perfectly describes what I love to listen to the most (which would explain why I listen to Tom Waits). Do you have a favorite style/kind/genre/or anything?
One of my hobbies is listening to music in general but I get special satisfaction from finding great stuff that is super obscure. Any genre except not usually pop. And I love hip-hop, funk and jazz. Something like this stuff: 1970s Soviet Funk Jazz. I would ad to that list this from the same genre. And as you may guess my other hobby/passion is learning about things, especially historical things. So I can go deep just because. When I look back it was scary how much I knew about musical history when I was 25. Alas, I am sure I have forgotten most of it. Also, if you want check out my latest post which is probably the one and only gospel song I have ever loved. Well, that is not entirely true. I also really like The Doobie Brother's Jesus is just Alright and I suppose ZZ Top's Jesus just left Chicago is gospel too!
I kind of love everything. Regardless of genre, if it's good I probably like it. I have season tickets to the opera, frequent jazz bars, I love all kinds of rock bands, but really, I listen to just about everything. Good is good, regardless of the style of good.