everything music, philosophy, tennis, basketball, golf, travel, poker
I like to meet all kinds of people. Bring it.
VOCAL INFLUENCES: Bradley Nowell, Stevie Wonder, Kurt Elling, Bono
SONGWRITING INFLUENCES: Paul Simon, John Mayer, Muse, Elton John, Paul McCartney
ARTISTS I LOVE: Incubus, The Beatles (Rubber Soul and onward), Gabriel Mann, James Taylor, Bob Marley, Chris Cornell, Lynrd Skynrd, Queen, The Eagles, Van Morrison, Jurassic 5, Paul Simon, Jamiroquai, No Doubt, Seal, U2, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Imogen Heap, Chris Lopez
JAZZ: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchell, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade, Duke Ellington
CLASSICAL: Mozart, Beethoven, Palestrina, Whitacre, Lauridsen, Chopin, Mahler
Forrest Gump, American History X, The Graduate, Shawshank Redmption, Trading Places, The Life Aquatic, Garden State, Happy Gilmore, Tommy Boy, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Drunken Master, X Men 2, Moulin Rouge, The Count of Monte Cristo, Farenheit 9/11, Serendipity, Spinal Tap, Big Fish
24, Lost, Desperate Housewives (I know), The Simpsons, Seinfeld and Full House Reruns...never MTV or Fox News...
Atlas Shrugged (Rand), The Artist's Way (Cameron), The Human Comedy (Saroyan), My Name is Aram (Saroyan), Siddhartha (Hesse), The Lord of the Rings series (Tolkien), There's a Wocket in my Pocket and anything else by Dr. Seuss, Bunnicula (James Howe), Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Franken)
I'm surrounded by people I admire.