An odd list of living, dead and mythical: James McMurtry, Mozart, Napoleon, Michelangelo, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Isabel Allende, Joe Ely, Robert Plant, Jimmy Buffett, Lorenzo de Medici, Dionysus, Rudi Nureyev, Elvis, and all of those "angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night." -Allen Ginsberg
Too many and varied to list, but here's some of the musical favorites: James McMurtry, Joe Ely, Led Zeppelin, Chris Isaak, Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett, Raul Malo(with and without the Mavs), Blues Traveler, Dwight Yoakum, Black Crowes, Derailers, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Carolyn Wonderland, Willie(of course...), Allison Moorer and Shelby Lynne, Los Lonely Boys, Neko Case, Ian Moore, Gipsy Kings, Mozart, Radney Foster, Ottmar Liebert, Ryan Bingham, Shannon McNally, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Chris Whitley, Patty Griffin, Taj Mahal, Bob and Ziggy Marley, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Beta Band, Guy Forsyth, Wilco, Moses Guest, Luna, The Groobees, Mazzy Star, Martin Sexton, Jimmy Lafave, Charlie Sexton...
and the books: 'Shantaram' 'Eva Luna' 'Lord of the Rings' 'Shadow of the Wind' 'El Club Dumas' 'Little, Big' 'The Secret History' 'The Historian'(although i have nightmares every time i read it) 'Don't Stop the Carnival' 'Cadillac Jack' 'Child of a Rainless Year' 'The Meaning of Night' 'The First Man in Rome' 'Where is Joe Merchant' and too many millions - books are oxygen...