I agree with your sentiment, but it seems you have a contradiction here: " (All I have left is to make a list of the music I have and listen to in order to delete it all and slowly purchase it, which I've started doing). I either pay for something, borrow it or go without."
If you really believe what you say, you'd delete all your pirated music right now. Either that, or you might modify your views a bit.
To quote you: "you don't have some God given right to the content they produce/deliver. Instead of pirating go without."
I don't understand how that fits with finishing making the list. If you can keep some pirated music around since high school, and now longer so that you can make a list, can't I download a little to see if I like it? If it's good, I'll pay to go to a concert or buy the tracks off Amazon. ":)"
If you really believe what you say, you'd delete all your pirated music right now. Either that, or you might modify your views a bit.