I hate music.

I really do only because listening to music hinders your ability to think and create your own ideas whether it's in a form of visual art, music, writing, or whatever it is. By listening to music, you're focusing on someone else's idea, unable to properly release your own thoughts. There have been plenty of times where I've had an idea but because music is playing (especially with lyrics), I get side tracked or easily forget. This happens to some people more than others.

What that does in a bigger picture is prevent everyone who has a pair of headphones plugged into their head from contributing that much time that they have spent listening to someone else's contribution. Why is it so important? I talk about innovation and creation and especially with young children and young adults, they're too busy listening to someone's love song, someone's "daily grind", or someone else's drumbeats that they're not able to create or develop their ideas on other things since it gets flooded out of their brain. Especially because of bad music.

But if you're listening to "good" music, is that better? Not necessarily. Any thing going in and out of your ear will distract you, but it's much less when it comes to ambient noises like nature, the train, or people passing by. When you're intentionally feeding noise into your ear, you're preparing yourself to block out everything else even if you're intent is to read a book or try to study.

Now, do I listen to music then? Of course. Music is a great way to get inspiration or "get away" at times and some musicians create really good songs. But if it's degenerating or full of nonsense, don't expect to get inspired or get away by listening to it. And if you are listening to music in public, keep the volume level so only you can hear it. If it's loud for others to hear it, most likely your music sucks. Or your headphones suck. Maybe it's both.