Tracy Chapman, Cormac McCarthy, Georgia O'Keefe, and of course my long-time idol, Brandon Boyd.
My favorite band is The Cities Below! Check them out at myspace.com/thecitiesbelow... It'll change your life. Also check out Noiseletter. Other bands i enjoy are The Used, Headautomatica, Fiona Apple, Jimmy Eat World, Incubus, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Nora Jones, The Juliana Theory, Straylight Run, Underoath, Radiohead, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, Brand New, Finch, Glassjaw, Letter Kills, Spoken, A Perfect Kiss, Number One Gun, Modest Mouse, Story of the Year, Team Sleep, Coldplay, Death Cab, Her Space Holiday, Acceptance, The Postal Service, Death Cab, Billie Holiday, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Amy Winehouse, Mutemath, Blind Melon
The Beach, A Very Long Engagement, Bridgette Jones Diary (of course), Pan's Labrynth, Anchorman, Children of Men
I think my favorite book of all time is "Gone With the Wind." My favorite book from childhood is "Where the Red Fern Grows." I thought I'd update this even though the possibility that anyone ever looks at this is pretty slim.... So now I'm reading "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri. I saw the movie a few months ago and then picked up her first book, "Interpreter of Maladies." She's just one of those authors that I want to keep reading and re-reading. Before that I read "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy and I plan to read his "Blood Meridian" soon.
Anyone who has the drive to follow their passions...