Why is music "so important" to some people?

Im looking at my spotify wraped and most my friends have 5-10x more minuets listened to me.

They typicaly give the same response "music is important to me"

but I dont get that? Like music is just a thing to make driving less boring, are people really wasting time sitting and listening to music at home? How do they focus on other things if they have music blasting in their ears?

it doesnt make sense and I feel like a freak or alien for not getting it