Way way back when I was young, my musical tastes evolved steadily. So did my friends' musical tastes. Someone was always bringing over a new album by someone we had never heard of, and we always had something new.

I think my musical tastes have continued to evolve, because I want them to evolve, and I actually make an effort, but it's striking how many of my fellow baby boomers came to a point a long long time ago where their musical tastes stopped evolving, and they're stuck in this time-warp, and they listen to the same thing they listened to 30 or 40 years ago.

It's not like you have to change with the times, or listen to new music written last year. There is 400 years worth of music you can discover. Some of it is very large, very complex, and very artistically written. It expresses deep abstract thoughts that can only be expressed with music. You can never figure it out, because of the size, the complexity, and the artistry. It's has an endless mystery to it.

You can get better at listening to music, just like you can get better at chess, or golf. But 99% of my generation just gave up at some point, and they're fine listening to Bruce Springsteen for the rest of their life. That's okay, but I could never settle for something like that.

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