Thank you for writing this.
I recently reread part of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" as part of an online course in continental philosophy. I was very impressed when I read it in my 20s but this time I was appalled by its bombast. I kept thinking "this is the sort of thing that impresses one when one is in one's 20s" which is of course uncharitable. He really was a deep guy who did not live long enough to work out WTF we are supposed to do after having killed off God.
He also penned my very favorite quote of all time:

"Without music life would be a mistake."

I'm sure I am taking it out of context but to me it means that music, although it can function as a trivial diversion, is as deep and important to our human nature as love, as sex, as God, even as breathing. In fact as one who does a lot of it I am quick to tell you that last one is almost literally true. Music is a lot like breathing, and nearly as necessary.
Schopenhauer says somewhere that if the entire universe should vanish the only thing left would be music. Then there is that round which starts, "All things shall perish from under the sky. Music alone shall live..."etc.
I believe it, I answer for it, and I own it.