your mom.
the beatles, MMW, the flaming lips, coltrane, mos def, the dead, stevie wonder, radiohead, ben harper, jamiroquai, brothers past, led zeppelin, lupe fiasco, jeff buckley, my morning jacket, bobby mcferrin, ray charles, carole king, marley, prince, miles, hendrix, ella, louie, sly, billie, stan getz, the roots, daft punk, simon and garfunkel, blackalicious, ani difranco, velvet underground, otis redding, patsy cline, roy orbison, marvin gaye, cody chestnut, john mayer...i'm going to stop...
anything by tom robbins. herman hesse, voltaire, daniel quinn, jane austen, benjamin hoff, hunter s. thompson, james redfield, peter mayle...i'll read pretty much anything. books are good.