Intelligent conversation, warmth, tea, science and theories, everything art, cooking, reading, piano, sleep, earning enough to pay bills on time, technology, mastering new skills, challenge...
I'm currently a student.
LuckyPierre, Kraftwerk, Belle & Sebastain, the Cars, Jeff Buckley, Stereolab, Air, Sublime, Nine Inch Nails, Franz Liszt, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, the Mars Volta, Justin McGrath, Telefon Tel Aviv, the Dears, David Bowie, the Postal Service, New Order, Portishead, Funki Porcini, Bach, Joe Walsh, the Dresden Dolls, Vast, Tweaker, Tom Petty, Boston, AC/DC, Rush, Janes Addiction, Vincent Gallo, Almost Rosario, the Bad Plus, ELP, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Die Warzau, the Strokes, Rabbit in the Moon, Yes, Tool, Pink Floyd, the Cure, a Perfect Circle, Bjork, Ben Folds Five, the Beatles, the D...
...house, idm, jazz, classical, ragtime, blue grass, flamenco, 70's progressive rock, blues, 8 bit nintendo themes, industrial.
This would be far to difficult to generalize.
Arthur C. Clark, Orson Scott Card, George Orwell, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, John Blaine, HG Wells, Lovecraft, Michael Talbot, Michio Kaku, Tom Robbins, Chuck Palahnuik