Muse, The Darkness, Death Cab for Cutie, Electric 6, Ben Folds, GNR, Bon Jovi, The Postal Service, Our Lady Peace, Phantom Planet, Rufus Wainwright, Tyler James, Bread, Beach Boys, Abandoned Pools, Bjork, Counting Crows, Ed Harcourt, Von Bondies, The Devlins, Elliot Smith, Iron and Wine, The Pernice Brothers, Sigur Ros, The Thrills, Ben Jelen, The Killers, Portishead, Kings of Convenience, Kelli Ali, Felix Mendelssohn, Four Tet, Royksopp, Chantal Kreviazuk, Colin Hay, Aaron Roche, Badly Drawn Boy, James Taylor, Elbow, Sam Roberts, Scala, The Kolacny Brothers, Travis, Beck, Nada Surf, Liz Phair, Jet, Jeff Buckley, Jackson Brown, Huey Lewis and the News, Devlins, Belle and Sebastian, Nick Drake, Owls, Interpol, The Bravery, Fionn Regan, Damien Rice, Mic Christopher, Paddy Casey, Josh Rouse, David Gray, The Frames, Pedestrian, Snow Patrol, Josh Ritter, Black Keys, Doves, George Michael, Marah, Spoon, Teenage Fanclub, Imogen Heap, Arcade Fire, Zero 7, Vienna Teng, Thievery Corporation
Richard Gere is a real hero of mine. Sting... sting would be another person who's a hero. The music that he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it. But the fact that he's still making it: I respect that.