Being the youngest in my household, I don't get much choice :\
Sometimes I've said I needed a trip into town to get something just so I could go and read quietly in the car for a couple hours. When I get home I just say I got distracted :look
I also prefer silence when given the choice, but I only get that from about midnight to 4am Sig and so I've learned to use wordless background noise that's just loud enough I hear it but don't focus on it and it just covers up other noises to the point that they all become background mumbling...
I don't really associate specific songs with the LB, but I listen to soundtracks while I read quite often and when ever a climatic or intense song came on (I use Pandora a lot for this and listen to classical on I-heart radio when I tire of commercials..) it made me all happy inside ^^