For sure, I'm an acquired taste. People who've had that acquisition, who've acquired it, are quite surprised when they see me.
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.
I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.