Anyone who already knows me
This will be really hard to try to narrow down but i'll try... Elvis Costello, Annie Lennox, Coltrane, Dogs D'amour, Chet Baker, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Vicki Carr, Art Blakely, Dexter Gordon, Babs, Mark Curry, Tom Waits, Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Broadway music (all), 5th dimension, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Billy Joel, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Roots, Angie Stone, Herb Albert, Stylistics, Tori Amos, Blood Sweat & Tears, Ani Difranco, Diane Schurr. Okay well there's others but this is getting way to tedious!
Too many to name. :)
Harlan Ellison, Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Nelson Bond, Simon Winchester, George R.R. Martin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michio Kaku, Ken Follett, Jeff Noon, Iris Chang, Michael Chabon, Garth Ennis, definately Warren Ellis, Alex Ross, Gaiman, 100 bullets series, David Eggers, Dave Sedaris, Cordwainer Smith, Angela Carter, Richard Matheson, Bukowski, Paul Davies. Also History books (any really).
Harlan Ellison