I never thought of myself as being in any subculture. I wasn't part of any cliques. I guess perhaps the closest to that, one might consider, is that I was extremely into ballet between ages 10 and 16 years old. After that, I was not as serious, but still took some Modern dance classes, and occasionally ballet. I've also taken ballroom and Latin dance in more recent years. I had started studying ballet at 8 years old. By the time I was about 14, I was already taking seven lessons per week (four weekday nights and on Saturdays). Given that intense time dedication, most of my major friends were ballet friends. You'd usually see us walking around in tights and leotard with leg warmers (popular then) and ballet skirt or sweat pants, with our hair up in buns. But at school, I was sort of more of the U2 kind of style, but that wasn't really a "subculture", I don't think. I was a deep thinker back then and enjoyed friends at school who were deep thinkers and at the same time humorous. I went through a major Irish music phase.

My musical interests are broad. As a kid, I grew up in a musical family where most everyone played an instrument. My grandfather and second cousin were part of Jazz/Dixieland bands. On weekends, my family (paternal side) would have jam sessions with my grandmother or cousin playing the piano, grandfather the trombone or guitar, uncle the bango, my dad the double bass, and often someone playing percussion. I would dance and dance. That was in the 1970s. At that time, lots of people liked all kinds of great or fun music (from Led Zeppelin to disco to punk to Queen...all kinds of music). During my ballet days, I was obviously into classical music, too. I still love classical music. My husband is very into it. The 1980s brought about some great music, too, including U2, Queen, Cheap Trick, The Cure, The Police, even Michael Jackson was at his best. I was not really into heavy metal. The 1990s were interesting music years. I liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers. I also thought some of rap and hip hop was pretty cool! I liked some pop music, but not bubble gum type or boy band stuff. I really dislike the newer music of recent years and have never been a fan of country music. I know I've left out a lot of great music that I like(d) from the 1950, 60s, and even before.

In my 20s to mid 30s, I was traveling around the world. I had some interesting jobs and started my career towards the end. I had some friends, but wasn't part of any clique. Sometimes I was a loner.

I always joke about how when I became middle-aged I started liking Billy Joel. I sort of see him as a middle-aged person kind of music. Obviously not all middle-aged people, though.