What type of music do you like?

  This post is kind of off topic for photography, but is as relevant as genre is to any art. 
  "What type of music do you like?" I love hearing this question. The answer you get is usually along the lines of "Oh, I really like this type and that type. Stuff by so-and-so. Anything except type X." We just watched a movie about this, and it got me thinking. This is what I came up with.
  Music, like any art form, is an expression of the soul. Why would you limit that to a genre? Whether you are the artist, or the one who just enjoys the art, there is a deep emotion there that should never have limits placed on it. Music, photographs, paintings, sculptures, even the written word are all instruments used to convey emotion in the form of something beautiful.
  Many of you are thinking "But, I just hate X type of music!" I realize that there is a style issue at stake here. What is that type of music saying about me when I listen to it? Nothing. It wasn't written about you. It was written for your enjoyment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that every song written is to be enjoyed by every person out there, but you can't tell me that out of the multitude of choices within a particular genre that not even a handful of songs strike a chord with you.
  When I was a teenager, I had the same mindset. "Oh, I like any kind of music except country." Then I realized that I didn't even know what opera was, or why classical music was so technical, or why country musicians always seemed to have a tear in their beer. Then, as I developed as an adult a little more, I realized that all types of music speak to different parts of me.
  Hip-hop and pop speak to the dancer I never became, country and R&B speak to the romantic in me, Jazz and Classical speak to the educated musician within, 80s hairbands speak to wild child in my closet, lullabies speak to the mother I became, Bluegrass and gospel speak to my roots, and opera, though a tough one, speaks to the Queen Elizabeth that would have been.
  So while most people have a general music category that sums up who they are for the most part, limiting ourselves to just that also limits our opportunities for expression of our souls.