Life.
Muhammad Ali and the guy who designed that silly game console called Atari..man those were the days...lol
Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Soul, Celtic & Irish folk, Rockabilly, Psycobilly, Metal and generally any kind of music that has good quality about it. I have found myself listening to people like Keb Mo... Andy Mckee, this guy... and acoustic style of music lately. Might just be a phase, but it really touches the human soul in a way that other types of music can't. Of course there is the great ones like John Denver.
Blues Brothers, Endless Summer, Office Space there are tons of movies that I really enjoy, but these are the tops.
The local PBS stations, and various other things on the boob tube....
Surfing the Himalayas by Frederick Lenz--a must read for all, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, anything by Edgar Allen Poe, there's alot more, but I don't have the room here.
Who else my parents :) and of course Pete Rose and Muhammad Ali. Don't have a need for many heroes.