the variety of my musical tastes

Excellent point, bel.

My children were raised in a house where there was always music, both played by the parents on a variety of instruments and played on the stereo. Because my own interests in music were (and are) eclectic, my kids listened to rock-and-roll, folk, classical, big band, Irish, Brazillian and jazz. It is no surprise to me that they grew up to be people with wide-ranging tastes in music. This is one of the things we did correctly as parents, I think.

The world of music is a smorgasbord and there are lotsa poor suckers out there eating as if they were restricted to just one entree.