Listening passively

Apparently, I was always passive about which songs I listen to. Here goes some interesting evidence in chronological order -
1.
As a kid, I used to listen to old hindi movie songs. Not by my own choice but because my parents would tune in to the 'Vividh bharti' or 'Ceylon' or 'AIR=All India Radio'. I developed a taste for those songs at young age.
2.
When I moved to IIT, I started litening to songs from albums like Kandisa and Ghazals from various artists. Again, mainly because other people in the lab listened to those songs.
3.
During my first job, I used to share accomodation with a partner. Here I listened to some old English songs like 'Don McLean - American Pie' or 'Somewhere I belong'. Again passively.
4.
After that there was a gap. Because I stopped sharing accomodation and was staying alone. I think I kept listening to some of the songs from the above three lists. But hardly ever developed a new liking.
5.
Finally, I started listening to contemporary bollywood and some punjabi songs when I got married. However, I couldn't develop a taste for that.

Is this how it happens with most? Your taste in music is influenced mostly by people around you?

Btw, found a collection of excellent old Hindi songs here -
http://notestomyself.wordpress.com/category/lata-mangeshkar/
And ghazals here -
http://notestomyself.wordpress.com/tag/hindi-ghazal/