I'm the same way. Music is, as Shakespeare once said, the food of love, and I am ALWAYS eating! That's one of the reasons why I chose entertainment journalism as a career, because I get to write about one of my main interests -- and I get to interview some of my favorite performers and artists. There's NO better job!

I shower to music, I drive into work to music, I work with music on my iTunes, I have sex to music, and I put music on to fall asleep to. I'm almost always listening to music.

I've met people who claim they just don't get into music, and I'm almost absolutely blown away by a statement like that. I simply can't understand how anyone could not LOVE music. It's one of the most amazing things in the world. Besides movies (my other major passion), there's nothing that I use as a tool for personal catharsis and therapy more than music. And yes, I'm all over the place with the music that I listen to. Alternative, rock, pop, indie, classic rock, punk, R&B, hip-hop, experimental, showtunes, folk, country... you name it, I love it. (Except for rap and metal, I'm pretty much into it all.)

To me, there's no more beautiful moment than when a musician bares his or her soul in a way that cuts right through your heart and you are on the "same page" with them. It's an emotional connection that transcends the fact that you may have never met.

My whole thing about the arts is that people love it because it brings people together. People don't go to the movies to "lose themselves." They go to find themselves. They go to share in a common experience. They go to relate. They go to not feel alone. It's the same with music. It's an experience that joins people together on somewhat of a cosmic plain where we are all just people with hopes, fears, loves and losses that we want to express.

I wish I was a musician.