Individual likes and dislikes defy explanation, as in
They painted their house purple-there's really no accounting for tastes. This expression, first put as
no disputing about tastes, dates from the mid-1600s; the present wording was first recorded in 1794. A mid-20th-century synonym that originated in the American South is
different strokes for different folks. For a far older synonym, see
one man's meat.