Music, reading, drawing, hiking and video games.
Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Alex Grey, Trent Reznor, KRS-ONE, Howard Stern, the Dali Lama, God and possibly...you.
The first love of my life! TOOL, Floater, Nine Inch Nails, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Aphrodite, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Tiesto, Sasha, The Chemical Brothers, Wu-Tang, Ghostface, GZA, Eminem, Nas, Biggie Smalls, KRS-ONE, Public Enemy, Bob Marley, Damien Marley, Ray Charles...and too many more to list.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, The Matrix (first one only), Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Night of the Living Dead, Private Parts
No thank you...it's the devil!
I once read that everyone's favorite hip-hop and Hollywood soundtrack producer, the RZA, advised keeping a good variation and mixture of books to read at your disposal. I agree. Carl Jung is by far my author of choice in my predominantly non-fiction library. I also enjoy religious/spiritual texts in all forms including the Torah, Koran, the Teachings of Buddah and Gnostic texts from the Nag Hammadi Library amongst others. I look forward to any insight the contents of that text may hold for me...hopefully. Other topics of interest include human psychology, drugs/counterculture and history and graphic novels.
Heroes? How about the few good, honest people that practice common sense and realize that they must crucify their ego? They're a relief from the overwhelming flood of 'other' people...people that are NOT my hero.