Music is the most important thing in my life....I must hear it and sing everyday... outside of that reading great books, writing, spending time with my peoples..AND YALL KNOW WHO YALL IZ(shouts going out to the boar, all you dart fiends and jager(its an addiction.....)a good movie every now and again....road trips/vacationing, and REAL RADIO (especially Nights on Real Radio, I am a junkie....don't hate!) Shouts going out to Minneapolis, BANGOR (don't ask, I just found out the place existed), CHICAGO, ATLANTA all my people holding it down around the world...
OUTKAST (The most talented lyricists on Planet Earth), Prince, The Marley Family, actually anyone who is in love with this thing we call MUSIC, or has a great love for the arts, poetry, you know....all the stuff that most people do not take the time to enjoy because they are too busy floating face down in the mainstream ...WAKE UP PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MY BLACK PEOPLE!
Reggae, Neo-Soul, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz .....actually everything except bluegrass.. and most country...a little won't hurt. Oh and NO ELVIS!! Those who inspire me everyday: Anthony Hamilton, OUTKAST, MosDef, Kanye, Common, Mariah, Christina, K-OS, Bob Marley, Brooke Benton, Sam Cooke, Nikka Costa, and so many more...
A Chorus Line, Little Shop, LOTR, Third World Cop, Dancehall Queen, SHOTTAS, anything that will make me cry (Beaches), anything with Martin Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Bernie Mac, Johnny Depp, MOS DEF, Lawrence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, oh and the ROCK because he is nice to look at. ALL SPIKE LEE JOINTS, because he is so misunderstood. You can keep your horror flicks, I sleep with the TV on because of bad scary movie experiences.....
TOP MODEL, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, GOLDEN GIRLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE, ANYTHING ON BLACK HISTORY AND ANYTHING ON HBO! OH and Martin when you can find a channel that will show it(TVone).
THE ALCHEMIST, ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ THUS FAR....IF YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONS OR AN ULTIMATE GOAL IN LIFE PICK IT UP!!The two pieces of artwork shown below were done by the talented Ms. Melissa Valdez. Please take the time to go to her website and check out her whole collection. You can see more at www.THEGYPSYFAERIES.comSUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS!