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It's all about time and place. On the highway or in the industrial areas, I'll turn it up, downtown or in residential areas I lower the volume, especially if it's after 9:00.
I know people can hear my music, but it's not about them. I find driving to be neutral at worst and therapeutic at it's best and being completely immersed in the music is all part of the experience, just like having the windows down to feel the breeze is. If Joe Blow walking down the street thinks that G Love and Special Sauce or Stone Temple Pilots is crap, then to hell with him, as I'm not doing it for him anyway. I'll show enough respect to realize that people are asleep at a given time of day or at home relaxing and may not want to listen to my music, but I'm not going to worry too much about it just like I'm not going to worry about if the school kids I'm driving by hear the rather small amount of profanity in the music I listen to either. It's ultimately just not worth my getting stressed over.
Bear in mind that my car doesn't rattle and I turn it down if it begins to sound distorted or I start having problems with the balance. Sound is all about quality over quantity as far as I'm concerned.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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