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Friends, audio technicians, lighting technicians, theatre people, musicians, writers, poets.
Matchbox 20, Dave Matthews Band, Train, The Strand, Jewel, Jann Arden, DJ Tiesto, Afrocelt Sound System, Nine Inch Nails, Sting, Live, Unwritten Law, Sarah McLachlan, Sara Brightman, Josh Groban, The Killers, The Cure, Annie Lennox, Staind, Rob Thomas, Santana, Tranceport, Avril Lavigne, Counting Crows, U2, Shakira, Flogging Molly, Savage Garden, Blue Man Group, Coldplay, Anna Nalick, Lifehouse......There's more. I just can't think of them right now!
The Dark Crystal, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey, Harry Potter [all of them!], Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lost in Translation, Star Wars [all of them!], Stargate, Narnia, Serenity.....[Again, there's more. But my mind went blank.]
TV? What's a TV? Seriously, I don't have time to even watch television. But if I did, I'd watch the Discovery Channel.
There are too many to name. I'm an avid reader, however, if I had to choose- "Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay is probably my absolute favorite fiction novel. Books that have made an impact on me personally: "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz and "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. Then there are the classics of course: "I Ching," "Tao Te Ching," "The Art of War," "The Code of the Samurai" [are you sensing a theme here?]
My Parents. No question. They are the greatest people I know. I admire and respect them, and in a way, they are the greatest friends I have. I'm very lucky.Also, the guys at work. Each one of them has been in the industry for so long, and I have so much to learn from them.