Your own style is the result of running everything that you have learned through the filter that is what you like, assimilating what you like into your own style, and rejecting that which you do not like.
There is no harm in learning everything that you can, and that is in fact best for your development. Let's say you like rock and blues. You DON'T like country. On your own, you might never even try to learn any country. Your instructor forces you to learn some country. In the process, you realize that you still hate country, BUT you have learned some cool double stops and bends that you use in your playing... see what I'm getting at?
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster