Music:
A Tribe Called Quest, The Academy Is..., Adam Ant, Aimee Mann, Akron/Family, Amos Lee, Athlete, Bell Biv Devoe, Ben Lee, Better Than Ezra, Bill Withers, Blue Oyster Cult, Cartel, Cary Brothers, Chris Brown, The Clash, Coheed and Cambria, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Des'ree, Dishwalla, Draco and the Malfoys, The Faders, Feist, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, The Fray, Gin Blossoms, Guns N Roses, Hellogoodbye, Herbie Hancock, Hootie, Incubus, Jack's Mannequin, Jamie Cullum, Jem, John Mayer, Joshua Radin, Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Lita Ford, Lupe Fiasco, Maria Mena, Mat Kearney, Matchbox Twenty, Maximo Park, Musiq, Neve, NKOTB, New Radicals, Nickel Creek, OAR, Otis Redding, Outkast, PANIC!, Paramore, Phantom Planet, The Police, Queen, Rachael Yamagata, The Raconteurs, RHCP, Remy Zero, Rolling Stones, Rooney, Rufio, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, Something Corporate, Sondre Lerche, The Subways, Teitur, Third Eye Blind, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Verve, The Vines, Violet Femmes, We Are Scientists, The Who, Yellowcard
Books:
"Real isn't how you are made," Said the Skin Horse, "It's a thing that happens to you when a child loves you for a long time, not just to play with but really loves you, then you become real."
"Does it hurt?" Asked the rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, "when you are real you don't mind being hurt...It doesn't happen all at once...you Become. It takes a long time, thats why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily or have sharp edges...but these things don't matter at all, because once you are real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
-The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams.
