any great art, music, music........and music. listen, play, feel.
creative, interesting people.
hard to say.....there are just so many.............cash, pixies, hendrix, diplo, z-trip, venus hum, fatlip, thievery corp, ray barretto, mf doom, wu tang, arcade fire, stereolab, prefuse 73/scott herren, pink spiders, interpol, jerry douglas, daniel lanois, memphix/express rising, ramones, dr. octagon, king tubby, jorge ben, marvin, stevie, lee perry, emmylou, jay-z, earl scruggs, the sun..........too many others to list.....but you get the idea.......