I just started listening to my parent's radio and got to like the songs being played - such as Elvis Presley's Burning Love. Then they got me a radio of my own at Christmas, and I was hooked. Also my brother got Deep Purple's Machine Head album (the quadrophonic version), and Deep Purple became my favourite band. Since then I've branched into anything top-40-ish from the late 50s to early 90s. But no rap crap.