Nice, Chris! See, I'm very similar...though I can't play everything, or anything with an instrument for that matter, I definitely am into everything under the sun. I always thought those stuck to a particular genre heard something in that genre that affected them, that or they are just partial to that style. Though I agree that spreading your knowledge base around is vital to understanding the whole picture, I think those that stick to particular styles can improve on what is there and sometimes even create something new out of it. Exploration is cool like that, there is no such thing as one path...so one can never go wrong, whichever way they go.