Astronomy, Physics, Music and existance.
Fred Hoyle, John Williams (the film one), Frederic Chopin, John Dowland, P G Wodehouse, Jane Austen and many more.
First influences Hoagy Carmichael & Billy Mayerl. Then Handel, J S Bach, Mozart and Chopin: especially Chopin. Followed by Brahms, Vaughan Williams, William Walton, Michael Tippett, Ravel, Les Six, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Benjamin Britten and Bartok. Plus more ---