Music

"People don’t buy music because of skill. Mostly, they experience music as a loud, rhythmic noise that causes them to dance, or to relive past memories, or as atmospheric background, or to experience emotions other than those directly caused by their situation. Sometimes they experience it as literature, as collections of words that tell stories or offer new ideas."

The literature metaphor is slightly tired, but is as equally relevant in describing my relationship with music as the rest of the passage is. It's not comprehensive, but it's something.