Listening to the sound of crickets, strumming my banjo when the world is asleep, going for long drives through the Hill Country, recording/writing/playing music in my bedroom, going to see live music shows, going to coffee shops, playing live music shows, working at a coffee shop, being alone, finding happiness, contemplating the absurdity of my life.
Adem, Air, Animal Collective, Avey Tare and Panda Bear, Badly Drawn Boy, Devendra Banhart, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Brian Wilson's Smile, Broadcast, Beirut, Cat Power, Circulatory System, Cocorosie, Leonard Cohen, DNTEL, Nick Drake, Espers, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Iron & Wine, John Lennon, Joy Division, M. Ward, Manitoba, Mirah, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, The American Analog Set, The Association, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Cookies, The Decemberists, The Hamster Factory, The Kings of Convenience, The Magnetic Fields, The Magnolia Electric Co., The Microphones, The Notwist, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Polyphonic Spree, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, The Shins, The Shirelles, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, The Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, TV On The Radio, Vashti Bunyan, Yo La Tengo, Wilco.Locally: Mothfight!, Lomita, Red Leaves, and The Winter Dance Party (go and check 'em out!).
Disgusts me. Just turn it off!! You could be doing something creative, or saving the world, or anything else really.
Everyone who has ever inspired me and believed in me.